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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. "
Simone Biles
Cheer
Always
Teammates
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" 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. "
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You
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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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