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.
SIMONE BILESI am like any typical teenager.
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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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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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Most of our fans don’t get to interact with us or know our personalities except through social media.
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At some point, I’ll have to go get a real job.
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One of my proudest moments was probably 2013 Worlds because I proved to myself that I could do things that I didn’t think I could.
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I guess I just have really tough skin.
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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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The floor exercise is a way to express your personality.
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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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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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I love competing.
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People comment on my pictures, ‘Stay healthy.’
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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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If they said, ‘Do five pull-ups,’ I would always want to do 10.
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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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