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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.

Simone Biles

My parents make sure we have everything we need so that we compete to the best of our abilities.
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Ability Best Myself Need Ourselves Parents
I’m the first Simone Biles.
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Be Yourself Myself Worth
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
People comment on my pictures, ‘Stay healthy.’
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Health People Photograph Stay
If I thought of gymnastics as a job, it would put too much stress on me.
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Job Myself Sports Thinking
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
Most people would focus on concentrating more, and I can’t do that. It almost makes me overthink a lot of my things. I have to focus on not thinking.
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Focus People Thinking
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
I never felt I had questions or needed answers or had a part of me that was missing.
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Feeling Missing Myself Need
Father served in the Air Force for 22 years.
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Father Job Service
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
I’m thrilled that I was able to share my first Olympic Games experience with my U.S. teammates.
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Experience Game Myself
It’s amazing that I can inspire little kids to know that you can be short or tall, and your body type doesn’t matter because you can do anything.
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Appearance Body Inspirational Myself Yourself
The floor exercise is a way to express your personality.
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Expression Personality Way Yourself
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 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
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
I can only control what I do when I go compete.
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Control Game Myself Sports
We strive for greatness.
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Greatness Inspirational One Liner
Everything is possible at any one competition.
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Competition Oneself Possible
I have everything I need, so there are no blanks left unfilled.
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Myself Need Satisfaction
I have practice from 9 A.M. to 12 P.M., and then I drive home and eat lunch, which is either chicken or fish so I get the protein.
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Eat Food Home Myself Practice
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
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
I’m not a celebrity. I’m just the same Simone. I just have two Olympic Gold medals now.
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Achievement Fame Myself Reward Success
I just keep surprising myself, I guess.
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Achievement Myself

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