The sport is called artistic gymnastics. So you do have to be a little bit of an actress.
SIMONE BILESI didn’t get the high school opportunity, but it always worked out.
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I make breakfast, which is usually Kellogg’s Red Berries or egg whites, and then I go to the gym that’s only 10 minutes away.
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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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Stay healthy, have fun with it, and embrace all the moments. Because anything can happen.
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It’s amazing that I can inspire little kids to know that you can be short or tall, and your body type doesn’t matter because you can do anything.
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If I won gold in 2016, I think it would change my life.
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I think we have other things to worry about than some Zika virus.
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I think I’m teaching my teammates that they can still be successful while having fun and enjoying the moment rather than being a stone cold brick.
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We strive for greatness.
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I have dual citizenship.
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The reaction of the public plays a very important role. It gives us an adrenaline boost, especially when people start to shout and clap their hands in time with the music. That really helps us to go on.
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Always work hard and have fun in what you do because I think that’s when you’re more successful. You have to choose to do it.
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When we had free time in the Olympic Village, we got massages and rested while watching Netflix.
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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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When I was younger, I thought every kid was adopted because that’s all I’ve known. I have everything I need, so I never felt the need to have answers for what happened.
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I’m the first Simone Biles.
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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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My first experience with gymnastics was when I was in daycare. We took a field trip to a gym, and I was hooked.
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I tune it all out because if I let other people’s stress get to me, then I stress myself out more than I need to.
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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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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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I love competing.
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In the morning, I usually get up between 7:40 A.M. and 7:45 A.M., and then I’ll brush my teeth, do my hair, and just throw on my leotard and my clothes and go to the kitchen.
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I guess I just have really tough skin.
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It hurts my head, but it’s fine because it’s something I do every day. You can’t avoid the gymnastics questions.
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I take things one step at a time.
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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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