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.
SIMONE BILESI 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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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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If they said, ‘Do five pull-ups,’ I would always want to do 10.
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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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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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It doesn’t even matter if I don’t win a self-gold – after every meet, I have pizza. Pepperoni pizza.
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I was built this way for a reason, so I’m going to use it.
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I never thought about competing in the Olympic Games when I was growing up.
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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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