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I didn’t really ever dream of going to the Olympics until after 2012.

Simone Biles

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
I love competing.
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Competition Love Myself
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
Everything is possible at any one competition.
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Competition Oneself Possible
I think I’m teaching my teammates that they can still be successful while having fun and enjoying the moment rather than being a stone cold brick.
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Enjoyment Moments Myself Success Teaching Thinking
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
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
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
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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Avoid Hurt Myself Yourself
In the morning, I usually get up between 7:40 A.M. and 7:45 A.M., and then I’ll brush my teeth, do my hair, and just throw on my leotard and my clothes and go to the kitchen.
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Appearance Hairs Morning 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
When we had free time in the Olympic Village, we got massages and rested while watching Netflix.
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Freedom Movie Sports Time
For me, I don’t think about size – I focus more on being powerful and confident.
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Confidence Focus Myself Powerful Thinking
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 feel like I’m small and mighty and pack a powerful punch, just like Tide PODS.
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Body Feeling Myself Powerful
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
Everything I do is in the gym, so I’m always in gym clothes. I’m excited to explore lifestyle clothes for a little bit.
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Excitement Exploration Fashion Myself
I never thought about competing in the Olympic Games when I was growing up.
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Competition Game Growth Myself Thinking
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
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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Bad Crazy Laughter Myself Positive
The support down here in Rio has been amazing – between my family, Team U.S.A. and Team Kellogg’s, I’ve felt so much love. This whole experience has been a dream come true.
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Dream Experience Family Feeling Love Myself Support Team True
Before a big event, I usually go to church and light a candle for St. Sebastian, who is the patron saint of athletes.
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Light Myself Prayer Religious
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
If they said, ‘Do five pull-ups,’ I would always want to do 10.
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Effort Exercise Myself
I was built this way for a reason, so I’m going to use it.
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Appearance Body Build Myself Reason Way
I’m always trying to push myself to the limit to see what I can do. It’s my strong will that I’ve always had since I was a kid.
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Children Limitation Myself Strong Willing
I think we have other things to worry about than some Zika virus.
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Myself Thinking Worry

I didn’t really ever dream of going to the Olympics until after 2012.

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