I was built this way for a reason, so I’m going to use it.
SIMONE BILESWhen 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.
More Simone Biles Quotes
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I guess I just have really tough skin.
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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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One of my favourite things to do is compete for a crowd. It’s just really fun for me.
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People comment on my pictures, ‘Stay healthy.’
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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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My 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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I’m thrilled that I was able to share my first Olympic Games experience with my U.S. teammates.
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At some point, I’ll have to go get a real job.
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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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The floor exercise is a way to express your personality.
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I can only control what I do when I go compete.
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I tune it all out because if I let other people’s stress get to me, then I stress myself out more than I need to.
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We’ve always had each other’s backs in and out of competition. We support each other the most because we’re the only ones that know what it’s like to go through what we do, and so we can’t be more thankful for each other. We’re like sisters.
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If they said, ‘Do five pull-ups,’ I would always want to do 10.
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If I won gold in 2016, I think it would change my life.
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