Before a big event, I usually go to church and light a candle for St. Sebastian, who is the patron saint of athletes.
SIMONE BILESI 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 am like any typical teenager.
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We all have skills, I guess.
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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’m not a celebrity. I’m just the same Simone. I just have two Olympic Gold medals now.
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It hurts my head, but it’s fine because it’s something I do every day. You can’t avoid the gymnastics questions.
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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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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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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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At some point, I’ll have to go get a real job.
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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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Gymnastics is just one part of my life, and I’m having as much fun with it as possible.
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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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I can only control what I do when I go compete.
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One of my favourite things to do is compete for a crowd. It’s just really fun for me.
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