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

Simone Biles

I never thought about competing in the Olympic Games when I was growing up.
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Competition Game Growth Myself Thinking
Most athletes get intimidated once they see how many fans are out there, but it almost calms me down in a way because I think of it as a fun way to show off what I’ve been working on.
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Athlete Fans Fun Myself Thinking Way
I started gymnastics when I was six years old. I was at day care, and they took us on a field trip to a gym club, Bannon’s Gymnastix in Houston, and that’s how I got started.
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Beginning Myself Sports Start
I have dual citizenship.
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Citizenship Identity Myself
My parents make sure we have everything we need so that we compete to the best of our abilities.
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Ability Best Myself Need Ourselves Parents
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
Everything I do is in the gym, so I’m always in gym clothes. I’m excited to explore lifestyle clothes for a little bit.
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Excitement Exploration Fashion Myself
It was a very long and hard decision. My dad kept telling me, ‘You can always go to college, but you can’t always go pro.’ That made sense to me.
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Choice Decision Education Hard Myself
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
Everything is possible at any one competition.
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Competition Oneself Possible
I always say my biggest competitor is myself because, whenever I step out there on the mat, I’m competing against myself to prove that I can do this and that I am very well trained, prepared for it.
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Myself Preparation Training World
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
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
If they said, ‘Do five pull-ups,’ I would always want to do 10.
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Effort Exercise Myself
The support down here in Rio has been amazing – between my family, Team U.S.A. and Team Kellogg’s, I’ve felt so much love. This whole experience has been a dream come true.
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Dream Experience Family Feeling Love Myself Support Team True
I would be like, ‘Oh, my gosh, I wish I could go to prom.’ But then I think, ‘You know what? A lot of people can’t say they’ve ever done what I do – they’ll never have this opportunity.’
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Myself Opportunity People Thinking
Gymnastics is just one part of my life, and I’m having as much fun with it as possible.
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Fun Life Oneself Possible
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 spend a lot of time in the gym training, and Core Power is a great fit for my nutritional needs.
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Food Greatness Myself Power Time Training
If anybody has a bad day, they’ll just come to my room because they know I’ll bring out the positive in everything, or I’ll make them laugh, or I’ll be just crazy.
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Bad Crazy Laughter Myself Positive
I guess I just have really tough skin.
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Myself Skin Tough
I take things one step at a time.
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Myself Oneself Time
We all have skills, I guess.
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Gift Myself One Liner Skill
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 not a celebrity. I’m just the same Simone. I just have two Olympic Gold medals now.
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Achievement Fame Myself Reward Success
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
I have everything I need, so there are no blanks left unfilled.
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Myself Need Satisfaction

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

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