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

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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. "

" 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. "

" I take things one step at a time. "

" I love competing. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

" I have dual citizenship. "

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

" So far, my goals stops at making an Olympic team, and then if that happens, then I'll jot down more goals. "

" 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! "

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

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

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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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "