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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!

Simone Biles

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
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
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 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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Beginning Myself Sports Start
I 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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Myself Opportunity People Thinking
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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Mom Myself Prayer Religious
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
You can’t get too caught up in yourself.
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One Liner Yourself
I didn’t get the high school opportunity, but it always worked out.
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Myself Opportunity Work
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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Experience 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
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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Control Disappoint Expectation Loss Myself
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
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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Care Children Growth Myself Young
I think we have other things to worry about than some Zika virus.
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Myself Thinking Worry
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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Family Mom Myself Time

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