Most of our fans don’t get to interact with us or know our personalities except through social media.
SIMONE BILESIt doesn’t even matter if I don’t win a self-gold – after every meet, I have pizza. Pepperoni pizza.
More Simone Biles Quotes
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We’ve always had each other’s backs in and out of competition. We support each other the most because we’re the only ones that know what it’s like to go through what we do, and so we can’t be more thankful for each other. We’re like sisters.
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As athletes, we’re always going to have aches and pains, but when your teammates cheer you on, you don’t think about it.
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I have dual citizenship.
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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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I was missing out on public school and going to the football games, prom or homecomings. But I’ve been to three World Championships. So I think it’s like a win-win.
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We strive for greatness.
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At some point, I’ll have to go get a real job.
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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’m not a celebrity. I’m just the same Simone. I just have two Olympic Gold medals now.
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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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Stay healthy, have fun with it, and embrace all the moments. Because anything can happen.
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I was built this way for a reason, so I’m going to use 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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The sport is called artistic gymnastics. So you do have to be a little bit of an actress.
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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 never thought about competing in the Olympic Games when I was growing up.
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I have practice from 9 A.M. to 12 P.M., and then I drive home and eat lunch, which is either chicken or fish so I get the protein.
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You can have fun and do well. Just let loose a bit.
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People comment on my pictures, ‘Stay healthy.’
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Father served in the Air Force for 22 years.
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You don’t have to be serious all the time to do a good job.
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I think for me, the most fun competition that I’ve had was my first Worlds.
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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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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.
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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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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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