I never thought about competing in the Olympic Games when I was growing up.
SIMONE BILESWe all have skills, I guess.
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You can still be very good at what you do and have fun.
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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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I think we have other things to worry about than some Zika virus.
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You can have fun and do well. Just let loose a bit.
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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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I didn’t get the high school opportunity, but it always worked out.
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You can’t get too caught up in yourself.
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Father served in the Air Force for 22 years.
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I make breakfast, which is usually Kellogg’s Red Berries or egg whites, and then I go to the gym that’s only 10 minutes away.
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At some point, I’ll have to go get a real job.
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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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I’m thrilled that I was able to share my first Olympic Games experience with my U.S. teammates.
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Most people would focus on concentrating more, and I can’t do that. It almost makes me overthink a lot of my things. I have to focus on not thinking.
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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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I never felt I had questions or needed answers or had a part of me that was missing.
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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.
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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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As a kid growing up, I was never like, ‘I want to go to the Olympics,’ so having to pass on 2012 because I was too young didn’t bother me at all.
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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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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!
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I just keep surprising myself, I guess.
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It hurts my head, but it’s fine because it’s something I do every day. You can’t avoid the gymnastics questions.
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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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There are goals that I have, and then I dream of it, and then I make it a reality. If I could crawl out of my skin and see it, it would be really amazing.
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If they said, ‘Do five pull-ups,’ I would always want to do 10.
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I am like any typical teenager.
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