Most of our fans don’t get to interact with us or know our personalities except through social media.
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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Father served in the Air Force for 22 years.
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I didn’t really ever dream of going to the Olympics until after 2012.
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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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I think for me, the most fun competition that I’ve had was my first Worlds.
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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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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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Gymnastics is just one part of my life, and I’m having as much fun with it as possible.
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If I won gold in 2016, I think it would change my life.
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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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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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If I disappoint someone, it’s their loss for putting that expectation on me when they don’t know me. I can’t control what they want.
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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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People comment on my pictures, ‘Stay healthy.’
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If I thought of gymnastics as a job, it would put too much stress on me.
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I can only control what I do when I go compete.
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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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You can’t get too caught up in yourself.
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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 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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I feel like I’m small and mighty and pack a powerful punch, just like Tide PODS.
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I guess I just have really tough skin.
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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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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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I’m the first Simone Biles.
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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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The sport is called artistic gymnastics. So you do have to be a little bit of an actress.
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