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.
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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I love competing.
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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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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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One of my favourite things to do is compete for a crowd. It’s just really fun for me.
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I don’t fear what will happen, but you just get ahead of yourself, like, ‘Oh my gosh, I wish it would happen now.’
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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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For me, I don’t think about size – I focus more on being powerful and confident.
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As athletes, we’re always going to have aches and pains, but when your teammates cheer you on, you don’t think about it.
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The sport is called artistic gymnastics. So you do have to be a little bit of an actress.
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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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You don’t have to be serious all the time to do a good job.
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My parents make sure we have everything we need so that we compete to the best of our abilities.
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I never thought about competing in the Olympic Games when I was growing up.
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Gymnastics is just one part of my life, and I’m having as much fun with it as possible.
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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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