If they said, ‘Do five pull-ups,’ I would always want to do 10.
SIMONE BILESMy first experience with gymnastics was when I was in daycare. We took a field trip to a gym, and I was hooked.
More Simone Biles Quotes
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I feel like it’s harder because everyone knows I’m the three-time world champion – it’s almost like people are waiting for something bad to happen.
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You can’t get too caught up in yourself.
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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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When I was younger, I thought every kid was adopted because that’s all I’ve known. I have everything I need, so I never felt the need to have answers for what happened.
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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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If I won gold in 2016, I think it would change my life.
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The floor exercise is a way to express your personality.
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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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My parents make sure we have everything we need so that we compete to the best of our abilities.
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Father served in the Air Force for 22 years.
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I have everything I need, so there are no blanks left unfilled.
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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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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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If I disappoint someone, it’s their loss for putting that expectation on me when they don’t know me. I can’t control what they want.
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I spend a lot of time in the gym training, and Core Power is a great fit for my nutritional needs.
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Gymnastics is just one part of my life, and I’m having as much fun with it as possible.
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I think we have other things to worry about than some Zika virus.
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So far, my goals stops at making an Olympic team, and then if that happens, then I’ll jot down more goals.
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When we had free time in the Olympic Village, we got massages and rested while watching Netflix.
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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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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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I don’t really think about the degree of difficulty or the possibility of making a mistake. I just try to relax and let my preparation and training take over.
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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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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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