“We all have skills, I guess.”

If they said, ‘Do five pull-ups,’ I would always want to do 10.

My first experience with gymnastics was when I was in daycare. We took a field trip to a gym, and I was hooked.

I’m not a celebrity. I’m just the same Simone. I just have two Olympic Gold medals now.

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.

If anybody has a bad day, they’ll just come to my room because they know I’ll bring out the positive in everything, or I’ll make them laugh, or I’ll be just crazy.

Before a big event, I usually go to church and light a candle for St. Sebastian, who is the patron saint of athletes.

If I thought of gymnastics as a job, it would put too much stress on me.

People comment on my pictures, ‘Stay healthy.’

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.

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

The sport is called artistic gymnastics. So you do have to be a little bit of an actress.

For me to compete at the highest level, training and living a healthy lifestyle is an everyday focus for me, and I’m excited to be a part of the Everyday Awesome team!

At the end of the day, if I can say I had fun, it was a good day.

Every 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.

I didn’t get the high school opportunity, but it always worked out.

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.

When you’re rapping, you do have to perform to a certain degree, but not every rapper is necessarily a gifted actor.

Mankind must remember that peace is not God’s gift to his creatures; peace is our gift to each other.

The greatest gifts my parents gave to me were their unconditional love and a set of values.

Your life is an opportunity to give the gifts that your soul wants to give.

Today is a gift of God, which is why we call it the present.

Grace means undeserved kindness. It is the gift of God to man the moment he sees he is unworthy of God’s favor.

Wine, madam, is God’s next best gift to man.

Surrender is a gift that you can give yourself. It’s an act of faith. It’s saying that even though I can’t see where this river is flowing, I trust it will take me in the right direction.