Simone Biles Quotes

At the end of the day, if I can say I had fun, it was a good day.

- Simone Biles

End, End Of The Day, Had, Say

I don't necessarily have favorite brands.

- Simone Biles

Favorite, Necessarily, Brands

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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Think, Always, Going, Athletes

I was missing out on public school and going to the football games, prom or homecomings. But I've been to three World Championships... so I think it's like a win-win.

- Simone Biles

Think, Been, I Think, Prom

Gymnastics is just one part of my life, and I'm having as much fun with it as possible.

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My Life, Part, Having, Gymnastics

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.

- Simone Biles

Doing, Same Thing, Olympic, Envision

Before a big event, I usually go to church and light a candle for St. Sebastian, who is the patron saint of athletes.

- Simone Biles

Big, Saint, Before, Patron

I would say to always follow your dream. And dream big because my whole career, including any of the things that I've accomplished, I never thought in a million years that I would be here. So it just proves that once you believe in yourself, and you put your mind to something, you can do it.

- Simone Biles

Career, Big, Here, Million

I have dual citizenship.

- Simone Biles

Citizenship, Dual

I never felt I had questions or needed answers or had a part of me that was missing.

- Simone Biles

Never, Needed, Part, Missing

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.

- Simone Biles

Reaction, Very, Plays, Clap

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.

- Simone Biles

Church, Before, Use, Rosary

I feel like I'm small and mighty and pack a powerful punch, just like Tide PODS.

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Small, Tide, Like, Mighty

There are goals that I have, and then I dream of it, and then I make it a reality. If I could crawl out of my skin and see it, it would be really amazing.

- Simone Biles

Skin, Could, Then, I Dream

I spend a lot of time in the gym training, and Core Power is a great fit for my nutritional needs.

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Great, Training, Needs, Nutritional

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!

- Simone Biles

Small, Kind, Everyone, Struggle

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.

- Simone Biles

Love, Here, Been, Rio

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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More, Making, Olympic, Goals

I am like any typical teenager.

- Simone Biles

I Am, Like, Typical, Teenager

Most of our fans don't get to interact with us or know our personalities except through social media.

- Simone Biles

Through, Social, Interact, Social Media

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.

- Simone Biles

Mistake, Think, Over, Possibility

For me to compete at the highest level, training and living a healthy lifestyle is an everyday focus for me, and I'm excited to be a part of the Everyday Awesome team!

- Simone Biles

Compete, Highest Level, Everyday

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.

- Simone Biles

Go, Brush, Then, Kitchen

I never thought about competing in the Olympic Games when I was growing up.

- Simone Biles

Growing, Never, Competing, Olympic Games

I'm thrilled that I was able to share my first Olympic Games experience with my U.S. teammates.

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Experience, Olympic, Olympic Games

That's what I love about how diverse our team is - we have such different body types, yet together, we build the best team there is. I think we're stronger together than individually.

- Simone Biles

Love, Think, Types, Diverse

People comment on my pictures, 'Stay healthy.'

- Simone Biles

People, Healthy, Pictures, Comment

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.

- Simone Biles

Bad, Bring, Anybody, Laugh

You can have fun and do well. Just let loose a bit.

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Have Fun, Well, Bit, Loose

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 Biles

Think, I Think, Still, Stone

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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Think, Could, Worlds, Proudest

I've never been to the Olympics, so I don't know what to expect. It's better for me, just like my first Worlds... My third Worlds, I knew what it was like, so I was like, 'Oh my goodness. But this is my first Olympics, and not knowing what to expect is good for me.

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Good, Been, Worlds, Not Knowing

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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Pilot, Crowd, Auto, Cheering

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.

- Simone Biles

Strong, Will, Always, Push

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.

- Simone Biles

Thought, Need, Younger, Adopted

I'm not the next Usain Bolt or Michael Phelps.

- Simone Biles

Next, Michael, Bolt

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 Biles

Waiting, Bad, Happen, Champion

I'm not a celebrity. I'm just the same Simone. I just have two Olympic Gold medals now.

- Simone Biles

Gold, Celebrity, Olympic, Olympic Gold

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.

- Simone Biles

Body, Your Body, Your, Tall

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.

- Simone Biles

Old, Six, Took, Houston

The floor exercise is a way to express your personality.

- Simone Biles

Personality, Exercise, Your, Floor

Everything I do is in the gym, so I'm always in gym clothes. I'm excited to explore lifestyle clothes for a little bit.

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Explore, Excited, Always, Lifestyle

I'm very fortunate to have a coach that I got to stay with all this time. Every year the bond gets stronger and better, and we understand each other more. And it's like she can tell if I walk into the gym what kind of mood I'm in, what she has to fix for the practice I need, or how I'm feeling.

- Simone Biles

Practice, Other, Very, Bond

A successful competition for me is always going out there and putting 100 percent into whatever I'm doing. It's not always winning. People, I think, mistake that it's just winning. Sometimes it could be, but for me, it's hitting the best sets I can, gaining confidence, and having a good time and having fun.

- Simone Biles

Doing, I Think, Putting, Good Time

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.

- Simone Biles

Control, Want, Putting, Disappoint

Most athletes get intimidated once they see how many fans are out there, but it almost calms me down in a way because I think of it as a fun way to show off what I've been working on.

- Simone Biles

Been, I Think, Almost, Calms

You can still be very good at what you do and have fun.

- Simone Biles

Have Fun, Very, Still, Fun

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.

- Simone Biles

Think, Always, I Think, Fun

Stay healthy, have fun with it, and embrace all the moments. Because anything can happen.

- Simone Biles

Moments, Embrace, Happen, Fun

When we had free time in the Olympic Village, we got massages and rested while watching Netflix.

- Simone Biles

Free Time, Had, Olympic, Village

If they said, 'Do five pull-ups,' I would always want to do 10.

- Simone Biles

Want, Always, Would, Five

I don't do bugs.

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Bugs

We go to church on Sunday and then have family dinner. My mom usually cooks, and most of the time, it's protein and something else. She will ask us kids what we want!

- Simone Biles

Church, Want, Will, Protein

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 Biles

Lunch, Practice, Which, Protein

I have everything I need, so there are no blanks left unfilled.

- Simone Biles

Need, Everything, Left, Blanks

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.

- Simone Biles

Through, Always, Other, Backs

Father served in the Air Force for 22 years.

- Simone Biles

Father, Force, Served, Air Force

I don't fear what will happen, but you just get ahead of yourself, like, 'Oh my gosh, I wish it would happen now.'

- Simone Biles

Will, Happen, I Wish, Gosh

I would be like, 'Oh, my gosh, I wish I could go to prom.' But then I think, 'You know what? A lot of people can't say they've ever done what I do - they'll never have this opportunity.'

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Wish, I Think, Lot, Gosh

I love a good Netflix binge!

- Simone Biles

Love, Netflix, I Love, Binge

My first experience with gymnastics was when I was in daycare. We took a field trip to a gym, and I was hooked.

- Simone Biles

Trip, Field, Took, Hooked

For me, I don't think about size - I focus more on being powerful and confident.

- Simone Biles

Powerful, Think, More, Size

They're like, 'Oh, you did a...' and I'm like, 'I did a what?' No, I flipped twice. I twisted twice. They go, 'It's called a...' and I'm like, 'Why do I need to know that? I just need to go and do that.'

- Simone Biles

Need, Like, Flipped, Twisted

I always say my biggest competitor is myself because, whenever I step out there on the mat, I'm competing against myself to prove that I can do this and that I am very well trained, prepared for it.

- Simone Biles

Always, Competing, Very, Mat

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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Like, Bother, Having, Olympics

Every year, I think of Worlds as the big meet, but now, it's the Olympics. I'm blessed to even have the opportunity to think about it and work for it.

- Simone Biles

Think, Big, I Think, Olympics

I didn't really ever dream of going to the Olympics until after 2012.

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Dream, Going, Ever, Olympics

The sport is called artistic gymnastics. So you do have to be a little bit of an actress.

- Simone Biles

Actress, Artistic, Gymnastics

If I thought of gymnastics as a job, it would put too much stress on me.

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Stress, Thought, Would, Gymnastics

It hurts my head, but it's fine because it's something I do every day. You can't avoid the gymnastics questions.

- Simone Biles

Questions, Every Day, Gymnastics

I just keep surprising myself, I guess.

- Simone Biles

Myself, Keep, Guess, Surprising

I make breakfast, which is usually Kellogg's Red Berries or egg whites, and then I go to the gym that's only 10 minutes away.

- Simone Biles

Egg, Away, Which, Berries

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

Stress, Need, Other, Tune

I take things one step at a time.

- Simone Biles

Time, Things, Take, Step

If you ever have a mistake, you try to just kind of forget about it because if you carry that with you for the rest of the routine, then the rest of your routine might not go as planned. So you just kind of shake it off, and you just continue your routine like you didn't fall.

- Simone Biles

Shake, About, Your, Just Kind

You don't have to be serious all the time to do a good job.

- Simone Biles

Time, Good, Job, Serious

I think we have other things to worry about than some Zika virus.

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Worry, Think, Some, Virus

One of my favourite things to do is compete for a crowd. It's just really fun for me.

- Simone Biles

Crowd, Compete, Things, Favourite

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.

- Simone Biles

College, Always, Very, Kept

I didn't get the high school opportunity, but it always worked out.

- Simone Biles

Always, High, Worked, High School

It doesn't even matter if I don't win a self-gold - after every meet, I have pizza. Pepperoni pizza.

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Pizza, Matter, Even, Meet

We all have skills, I guess.

- Simone Biles

Skills, Guess

I guess I just have really tough skin.

- Simone Biles

Tough, Skin, Just, Guess

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.

- Simone Biles

More, Makes, Almost, Concentrating

If I won gold in 2016, I think it would change my life.

- Simone Biles

My Life, Gold, Think, Won

Everything is possible at any one competition.

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Possible, Everything, Any, Competition

I think for me, the most fun competition that I've had was my first Worlds.

- Simone Biles

Think, I Think, Most, Competition

We strive for greatness.

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Greatness, Strive

I love competing.

- Simone Biles

Love, I Love, Competing

At some point, I'll have to go get a real job.

- Simone Biles

Go, Some, Get, Real Job

I can only control what I do when I go compete.

- Simone Biles

Go, Compete, Only, Control

My parents make sure we have everything we need so that we compete to the best of our abilities.

- Simone Biles

Best, Need, Sure, Compete

You can't get too caught up in yourself.

- Simone Biles

Yourself, Get, Too, Caught

I was built this way for a reason, so I'm going to use it.

- Simone Biles

Reason, Going, Built, Use

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