I didn’t really ever dream of going to the Olympics until after 2012.
SIMONE BILESSometimes 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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I never felt I had questions or needed answers or had a part of me that was missing.
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You can still be very good at what you do and have fun.
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I just keep surprising myself, I guess.
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If I thought of gymnastics as a job, it would put too much stress on me.
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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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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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Always work hard and have fun in what you do because I think that’s when you’re more successful. You have to choose to do it.
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Gymnastics is just one part of my life, and I’m having as much fun with it as possible.
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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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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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We all have skills, I guess.
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When we had free time in the Olympic Village, we got massages and rested while watching Netflix.
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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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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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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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