Everything is possible at any one competition.
SIMONE BILESI’m not a celebrity. I’m just the same Simone. I just have two Olympic Gold medals now.
More Simone Biles Quotes
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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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I can only control what I do when I go compete.
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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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I would be like, ‘Oh, my gosh, I wish I could go to prom.’ But then I think, ‘You know what? A lot of people can’t say they’ve ever done what I do – they’ll never have this opportunity.’
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Most athletes get intimidated once they see how many fans are out there, but it almost calms me down in a way because I think of it as a fun way to show off what I’ve been working on.
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In the morning, I usually get up between 7:40 A.M. and 7:45 A.M., and then I’ll brush my teeth, do my hair, and just throw on my leotard and my clothes and go to the kitchen.
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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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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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As athletes, we’re always going to have aches and pains, but when your teammates cheer you on, you don’t think about it.
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Growing up, it was kind of a struggle being small, since everyone would make fun of you – except for when it came to hide and seek: that’s the only advantage I ever had!
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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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I never felt I had questions or needed answers or had a part of me that was missing.
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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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I have everything I need, so there are no blanks left unfilled.
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