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.
SIMONE BILESI 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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At some point, I’ll have to go get a real job.
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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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We’ve always had each other’s backs in and out of competition. We support each other the most because we’re the only ones that know what it’s like to go through what we do, and so we can’t be more thankful for each other. We’re like sisters.
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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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I feel like I’m small and mighty and pack a powerful punch, just like Tide PODS.
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I’m the first Simone Biles.
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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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Gymnastics is just one part of my life, and I’m having as much fun with it as possible.
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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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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 thought of gymnastics as a job, it would put too much stress on me.
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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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I didn’t get the high school opportunity, but it always worked out.
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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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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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