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.
SIMONE BILESI never thought about competing in the Olympic Games when I was growing up.
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I never thought about competing in the Olympic Games when I was growing up.
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Everything is possible at any one competition.
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I think for me, the most fun competition that I’ve had was my first Worlds.
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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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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 guess I just have really tough skin.
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I have dual citizenship.
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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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So far, my goals stops at making an Olympic team, and then if that happens, then I’ll jot down more goals.
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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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I don’t really think about the degree of difficulty or the possibility of making a mistake. I just try to relax and let my preparation and training take over.
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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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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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As athletes, we’re always going to have aches and pains, but when your teammates cheer you on, you don’t think about it.
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The sport is called artistic gymnastics. So you do have to be a little bit of an actress.
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