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.
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.
More Simone Biles Quotes
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I 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.
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My first experience with gymnastics was when I was in daycare. We took a field trip to a gym, and I was hooked.
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People comment on my pictures, ‘Stay healthy.’
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We go to church on Sunday and then have family dinner. My mom usually cooks, and most of the time, it’s protein and something else. She will ask us kids what we want!
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At the end of the day, if I can say I had fun, it was a good day.
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I 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.
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I feel like I’m small and mighty and pack a powerful punch, just like Tide PODS.
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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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For me, I don’t think about size – I focus more on being powerful and confident.
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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 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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It’s amazing that I can inspire little kids to know that you can be short or tall, and your body type doesn’t matter because you can do anything.
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One of my favourite things to do is compete for a crowd. It’s just really fun for me.
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The reaction of the public plays a very important role. It gives us an adrenaline boost, especially when people start to shout and clap their hands in time with the music. That really helps us to go on.
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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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