When we had free time in the Olympic Village, we got massages and rested while watching Netflix.
SIMONE BILESI 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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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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At the end of the day, if I can say I had fun, it was a good day.
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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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I can only control what I do when I go compete.
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You can have fun and do well. Just let loose a bit.
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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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If they said, ‘Do five pull-ups,’ I would always want to do 10.
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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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Stay healthy, have fun with it, and embrace all the moments. Because anything can happen.
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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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I was built this way for a reason, so I’m going to use it.
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My parents make sure we have everything we need so that we compete to the best of our abilities.
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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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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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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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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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You can still be very good at what you do and have fun.
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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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I’m the first Simone Biles.
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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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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 love a good Netflix binge!
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People comment on my pictures, ‘Stay healthy.’
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Mentally, I have to get my body and mind in the right place before I start the routine, but once into the zone, it’s like I turn on a switch. I envision myself doing the same thing for the Olympic Games.
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I never felt I had questions or needed answers or had a part of me that was missing.
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I think we have other things to worry about than some Zika virus.
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