The sport is called artistic gymnastics. So you do have to be a little bit of an actress.
SIMONE BILESI take things one step at a time.
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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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The floor exercise is a way to express your personality.
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For me, I don’t think about size – I focus more on being powerful and confident.
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Father served in the Air Force for 22 years.
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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 take things one step at a time.
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I think we have other things to worry about than some Zika virus.
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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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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 didn’t really ever dream of going to the Olympics until after 2012.
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That’s what I love about how diverse our team is – we have such different body types, yet together, we build the best team there is. I think we’re stronger together than individually.
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I’m not a celebrity. I’m just the same Simone. I just have two Olympic Gold medals now.
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I guess I just have really tough skin.
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If I thought of gymnastics as a job, it would put too much stress on me.
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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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