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?’
SIMONE BILESSometimes 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?’
SIMONE BILESMost of our fans don’t get to interact with us or know our personalities except through social media.
SIMONE BILESI’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.
SIMONE BILESWhen we had free time in the Olympic Village, we got massages and rested while watching Netflix.
SIMONE BILESI think we have other things to worry about than some Zika virus.
SIMONE BILESI started gymnastics when I was six years old. I was at day care, and they took us on a field trip to a gym club, Bannon’s Gymnastix in Houston, and that’s how I got started.
SIMONE BILESFather served in the Air Force for 22 years.
SIMONE BILESI feel like I’m small and mighty and pack a powerful punch, just like Tide PODS.
SIMONE BILESI don’t necessarily have favorite brands.
SIMONE BILESEverything I do is in the gym, so I’m always in gym clothes. I’m excited to explore lifestyle clothes for a little bit.
SIMONE BILESAt the end of the day, if I can say I had fun, it was a good day.
SIMONE BILESI never felt I had questions or needed answers or had a part of me that was missing.
SIMONE BILESIf they said, ‘Do five pull-ups,’ I would always want to do 10.
SIMONE BILESYou can still be very good at what you do and have fun.
SIMONE BILESI always say my biggest competitor is myself because, whenever I step out there on the mat, I’m competing against myself to prove that I can do this and that I am very well trained, prepared for it.
SIMONE BILESI 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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