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.
SIMONE BILESFor me, I don’t think about size – I focus more on being powerful and confident.
More Simone Biles Quotes
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Stay healthy, have fun with it, and embrace all the moments. Because anything can happen.
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I didn’t really ever dream of going to the Olympics until after 2012.
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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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You can have fun and do well. Just let loose a bit.
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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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At some point, I’ll have to go get a real job.
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I think for me, the most fun competition that I’ve had was my first Worlds.
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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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I love a good Netflix binge!
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I love competing.
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One of my favourite things to do is compete for a crowd. It’s just really fun for me.
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I just keep surprising myself, I guess.
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You can still be very good at what you do and have fun.
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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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I never felt I had questions or needed answers or had a part of me that was missing.
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Everything is possible at any one competition.
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The reaction of the public plays a very important role. It gives us an adrenaline boost, especially when people start to shout and clap their hands in time with the music. That really helps us to go on.
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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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We all have skills, I guess.
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I think we have other things to worry about than some Zika virus.
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When I was younger, I thought every kid was adopted because that’s all I’ve known. I have everything I need, so I never felt the need to have answers for what happened.
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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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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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Most of our fans don’t get to interact with us or know our personalities except through social media.
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I have dual citizenship.
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I can only control what I do when I go compete.
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