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I can only control what I do when I go compete.

Simone Biles

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
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.
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Mom Myself Prayer Religious
I have practice from 9 A.M. to 12 P.M., and then I drive home and eat lunch, which is either chicken or fish so I get the protein.
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Eat Food Home Myself Practice
I never thought about competing in the Olympic Games when I was growing up.
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Competition Game Growth Myself Thinking
At some point, I’ll have to go get a real job.
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Job Myself Reality
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
You can still be very good at what you do and have fun.
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Fun Goodness Yourself
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
You can’t get too caught up in yourself.
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One Liner Yourself
It doesn’t even matter if I don’t win a self-gold – after every meet, I have pizza. Pepperoni pizza.
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Food Gold Myself Reward Win
I am like any typical teenager.
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Human Myself Ordinary
We’ve always had each other’s backs in and out of competition. We support each other the most because we’re the only ones that know what it’s like to go through what we do, and so we can’t be more thankful for each other. We’re like sisters.
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Each Other Family Friendship Oneself Support Thankful
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
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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Hands Important Music People Play Reaction Role Start Time
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

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