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" I am like any typical teenager. "
Simone Biles
Teenager
Any
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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'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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" One of my favourite things to do is compete for a crowd. It's just really fun for me. "
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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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" 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 never felt I had questions or needed answers or had a part of me that was missing. "
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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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" I can only control what I do when I go compete. "
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" Stay healthy, have fun with it, and embrace all the moments. Because anything can happen. "
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" 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. "
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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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Body
Pilot
" 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. "
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" I think we have other things to worry about than some Zika virus. "
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Some
Think
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" My first experience with gymnastics was when I was in daycare. We took a field trip to a gym, and I was hooked. "
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First
Experience
Field
" My parents make sure we have everything we need so that we compete to the best of our abilities. "
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" When we had free time in the Olympic Village, we got massages and rested while watching Netflix. "
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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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" We all have skills, I guess. "
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Guess
Skills
" 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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Go
Growing Up
Want
" 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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Trip
Club
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" I'm the first Simone Biles. "
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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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" The sport is called artistic gymnastics. So you do have to be a little bit of an actress. "
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" 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. "
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" You can have fun and do well. Just let loose a bit. "
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" If they said, 'Do five pull-ups,' I would always want to do 10. "
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Want
" 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. "
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" 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. "
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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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" 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! "
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