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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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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I’m the first Simone Biles.
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Father served in the Air Force for 22 years.
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Stay healthy, have fun with it, and embrace all the moments. Because anything can happen.
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I’m always trying to push myself to the limit to see what I can do. It’s my strong will that I’ve always had since I was a kid.
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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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We all have skills, I guess.
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The floor exercise is a way to express your personality.
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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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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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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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You don’t have to be serious all the time to do a good job.
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I never felt I had questions or needed answers or had a part of me that was missing.
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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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Mentally, I have to get my body and mind in the right place before I start the routine, but once into the zone, it’s like I turn on a switch. I envision myself doing the same thing for the Olympic Games.
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