I take things one step at a time.
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 floor exercise is a way to express your personality.
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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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I love competing.
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Father served in the Air Force for 22 years.
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I spend a lot of time in the gym training, and Core Power is a great fit for my nutritional needs.
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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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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 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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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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You don’t have to be serious all the time to do a good job.
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There are goals that I have, and then I dream of it, and then I make it a reality. If I could crawl out of my skin and see it, it would be really amazing.
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If I won gold in 2016, I think it would change my life.
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We all have skills, I guess.
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I think for me, the most fun competition that I’ve had was my first Worlds.
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I have everything I need, so there are no blanks left unfilled.
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For me, I don’t think about size – I focus more on being powerful and confident.
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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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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 don’t necessarily have favorite brands.
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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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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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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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When we had free time in the Olympic Village, we got massages and rested while watching Netflix.
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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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When I was younger, I thought every kid was adopted because that’s all I’ve known. I have everything I need, so I never felt the need to have answers for what happened.
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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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