I’m not a celebrity. I’m just the same Simone. I just have two Olympic Gold medals now.
SIMONE BILESMy 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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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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The sport is called artistic gymnastics. So you do have to be a little bit of an actress.
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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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Most of our fans don’t get to interact with us or know our personalities except through social media.
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For me to compete at the highest level, training and living a healthy lifestyle is an everyday focus for me, and I’m excited to be a part of the Everyday Awesome team!
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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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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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You can have fun and do well. Just let loose a bit.
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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 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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If I won gold in 2016, I think it would change my life.
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If they said, ‘Do five pull-ups,’ I would always want to do 10.
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Most people would focus on concentrating more, and I can’t do that. It almost makes me overthink a lot of my things. I have to focus on not thinking.
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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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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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