I think I’m teaching my teammates that they can still be successful while having fun and enjoying the moment rather than being a stone cold brick.
SIMONE BILESI never felt I had questions or needed answers or had a part of me that was missing.
More Simone Biles Quotes
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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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I’m thrilled that I was able to share my first Olympic Games experience with my U.S. teammates.
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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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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 feel like I’m small and mighty and pack a powerful punch, just like Tide PODS.
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You can have fun and do well. Just let loose a bit.
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Every year, I think of Worlds as the big meet, but now, it’s the Olympics. I’m blessed to even have the opportunity to think about it and work for it.
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I have dual citizenship.
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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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When we had free time in the Olympic Village, we got massages and rested while watching Netflix.
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I love a good Netflix binge!
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For me, I don’t think about size – I focus more on being powerful and confident.
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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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I didn’t get the high school opportunity, but it always worked out.
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The support down here in Rio has been amazing – between my family, Team U.S.A. and Team Kellogg’s, I’ve felt so much love. This whole experience has been a dream come true.
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People comment on my pictures, ‘Stay healthy.’
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It doesn’t even matter if I don’t win a self-gold – after every meet, I have pizza. Pepperoni pizza.
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I didn’t really ever dream of going to the Olympics until after 2012.
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Everything is possible at any one competition.
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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.
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I was built this way for a reason, so I’m going to use it.
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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 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 don’t have to be serious all the time to do a good job.
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Stay healthy, have fun with it, and embrace all the moments. Because anything can happen.
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