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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!

Simone Biles

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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Choice Decision Education Hard Myself
People comment on my pictures, ‘Stay healthy.’
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Health People Photograph Stay
You can’t get too caught up in yourself.
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One Liner Yourself
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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Dream Experience Family Feeling Love Myself Support Team True
The sport is called artistic gymnastics. So you do have to be a little bit of an actress.
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Actor Art Sports
If I won gold in 2016, I think it would change my life.
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Change Gold Life Myself Reward Win
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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Athlete Fans Fun Myself Thinking Way
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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Mom Myself Prayer Religious
I’m the first Simone Biles.
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Be Yourself Myself Worth
I guess I just have really tough skin.
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Myself Skin Tough
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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Hands Important Music People Play Reaction Role Start Time
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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Body Myself Time Yourself
When we had free time in the Olympic Village, we got massages and rested while watching Netflix.
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Freedom Movie Sports Time
I take things one step at a time.
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Myself Oneself Time
My parents make sure we have everything we need so that we compete to the best of our abilities.
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Ability Best Myself Need Ourselves Parents
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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Light Myself Prayer Religious
I make breakfast, which is usually Kellogg’s Red Berries or egg whites, and then I go to the gym that’s only 10 minutes away.
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Food Myself Travel
If anybody has a bad day, they’ll just come to my room because they know I’ll bring out the positive in everything, or I’ll make them laugh, or I’ll be just crazy.
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Bad Crazy Laughter Myself Positive
Everything is possible at any one competition.
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Competition Oneself Possible
If they said, ‘Do five pull-ups,’ I would always want to do 10.
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Effort Exercise Myself
Always work hard and have fun in what you do because I think that’s when you’re more successful. You have to choose to do it.
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Fun Hard Work Myself Success Thinking Yourself
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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Appearance Hairs Morning Myself
I think for me, the most fun competition that I’ve had was my first Worlds.
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Competition Fun Myself Thinking World
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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Avoid Hurt Myself Yourself
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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Children Limitation Myself Strong Willing
I have dual citizenship.
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Citizenship Identity Myself
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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Myself Need People Worry

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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