My mom, Nellie, got me a rosary at church. I don’t use it to pray before a competition. I’ll just pray normally to myself, but I have it there in case.
SIMONE BILESEvery year, I think of Worlds as the big meet, but now, it’s the Olympics. I’m blessed to even have the opportunity to think about it and work for it.
More Simone Biles Quotes
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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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I’m thrilled that I was able to share my first Olympic Games experience with my U.S. teammates.
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Most of our fans don’t get to interact with us or know our personalities except through social media.
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I didn’t really ever dream of going to the Olympics until after 2012.
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We strive for greatness.
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I take things one step at a time.
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I’m the first Simone Biles.
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One of my proudest moments was probably 2013 Worlds because I proved to myself that I could do things that I didn’t think I could.
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If I won gold in 2016, I think it would change my life.
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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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You don’t have to be serious all the time to do a good job.
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At some point, I’ll have to go get a real job.
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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 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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If they said, ‘Do five pull-ups,’ I would always want to do 10.
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