Gymnastics is just one part of my life, and I’m having as much fun with it as possible.
SIMONE BILESIn 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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I’m thrilled that I was able to share my first Olympic Games experience with my U.S. teammates.
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I guess I just have really tough skin.
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I can only control what I do when I go compete.
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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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The sport is called artistic gymnastics. So you do have to be a little bit of an actress.
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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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I take things one step at a time.
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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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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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If I won gold in 2016, I think it would change my life.
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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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Every year, I think of Worlds as the big meet, but now, it’s the Olympics. I’m blessed to even have the opportunity to think about it and work for it.
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You don’t have to be serious all the time to do a good job.
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One of my proudest moments was probably 2013 Worlds because I proved to myself that I could do things that I didn’t think I could.
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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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