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I didn’t get the high school opportunity, but it always worked out.

Simone Biles

If I disappoint someone, it’s their loss for putting that expectation on me when they don’t know me. I can’t control what they want.
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Control Disappoint Expectation Loss Myself
I don’t really think about the degree of difficulty or the possibility of making a mistake. I just try to relax and let my preparation and training take over.
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Difficult Mistake Myself Possible Preparation Thinking Training
As a kid growing up, I was never like, ‘I want to go to the Olympics,’ so having to pass on 2012 because I was too young didn’t bother me at all.
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Care Children Growth Myself Young
Father served in the Air Force for 22 years.
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Father Job Service
So far, my goals stops at making an Olympic team, and then if that happens, then I’ll jot down more goals.
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Goal Myself Stop Team
That’s what I love about how diverse our team is – we have such different body types, yet together, we build the best team there is. I think we’re stronger together than individually.
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Alone Body Different Love Myself Ourselves Strong Team Thinking
We go to church on Sunday and then have family dinner. My mom usually cooks, and most of the time, it’s protein and something else. She will ask us kids what we want!
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Family Mom Myself Time
There are goals that I have, and then I dream of it, and then I make it a reality. If I could crawl out of my skin and see it, it would be really amazing.
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Dream Goal Myself Reality See Skin
Sometimes I hear the crowd cheering, and most of the time your body’s on auto pilot, so sometimes even after I do a floor routine, I’m like, ‘Did I really just do that?’
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Body Myself Time Yourself
The sport is called artistic gymnastics. So you do have to be a little bit of an actress.
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Actor Art Sports
I never thought about competing in the Olympic Games when I was growing up.
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Competition Game Growth Myself Thinking
For me to compete at the highest level, training and living a healthy lifestyle is an everyday focus for me, and I’m excited to be a part of the Everyday Awesome team!
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Excitement Health Live Myself Team Training
I’m the first Simone Biles.
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Be Yourself Myself Worth
If they said, ‘Do five pull-ups,’ I would always want to do 10.
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Effort Exercise Myself
If I thought of gymnastics as a job, it would put too much stress on me.
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Job Myself Sports Thinking
Before a big event, I usually go to church and light a candle for St. Sebastian, who is the patron saint of athletes.
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Light Myself Prayer Religious

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