Simone Biles

Athlete

1997-03-14

Quotes by Simone Biles

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

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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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• We strive for greatness.

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• 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.

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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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• I just keep surprising myself, I guess.

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

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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 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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• 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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• 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.

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• 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.

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

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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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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• 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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