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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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I don’t fear what will happen, but you just get ahead of yourself, like, ‘Oh my gosh, I wish it would happen now.’
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Fear Let Go Myself Yourself
I didn’t really ever dream of going to the Olympics until after 2012.
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Dream Myself Sports
I love a good Netflix binge!
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Love Movie Myself
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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Choice Decision Education Hard Myself
That’s what I love about how diverse our team is – we have such different body types, yet together, we build the best team there is. I think we’re stronger together than individually.
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Alone Body Different Love Myself Ourselves Strong Team Thinking
I just keep surprising myself, I guess.
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Achievement Myself
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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Fun Growth Hide Kind Myself Struggle Yourself
If I won gold in 2016, I think it would change my life.
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Change Gold Life Myself Reward Win
Most athletes get intimidated once they see how many fans are out there, but it almost calms me down in a way because I think of it as a fun way to show off what I’ve been working on.
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Athlete Fans Fun Myself Thinking Way
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.
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Body Game Mental Mindset Myself Place Right Vision
Most of our fans don’t get to interact with us or know our personalities except through social media.
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Fans Internet Ourselves Personality Social Media
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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Feeling Myself People Time Wait
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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Food Greatness Myself Power Time Training
If I thought of gymnastics as a job, it would put too much stress on me.
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Job Myself Sports Thinking
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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Hands Important Music People Play Reaction Role Start Time
I guess I just have really tough skin.
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Myself Skin Tough
I’m thrilled that I was able to share my first Olympic Games experience with my U.S. teammates.
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Experience Game Myself
We strive for greatness.
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Greatness Inspirational One Liner
I’m not a celebrity. I’m just the same Simone. I just have two Olympic Gold medals now.
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Achievement Fame Myself Reward Success
I’m the first Simone Biles.
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Be Yourself Myself Worth
I never felt I had questions or needed answers or had a part of me that was missing.
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Feeling Missing Myself Need
If they said, ‘Do five pull-ups,’ I would always want to do 10.
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Effort Exercise Myself
You can still be very good at what you do and have fun.
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Fun Goodness Yourself
I think for me, the most fun competition that I’ve had was my first Worlds.
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Competition Fun Myself Thinking World
At some point, I’ll have to go get a real job.
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Job Myself Reality
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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Food Gold Myself Reward Win
The sport is called artistic gymnastics. So you do have to be a little bit of an actress.
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Actor Art Sports

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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