Top 104 Quotes & Sayings by Simone Biles
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Last updated on September 17, 2024.
You can still be very good at what you do and have fun.
As athletes, we're always going to have aches and pains, but when your teammates cheer you on, you don't think about it.
For me, I don't think about size - I focus more on being powerful and confident.
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.
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.
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.
I have dual citizenship.
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.
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.
It hurts my head, but it's fine because it's something I do every day. You can't avoid the gymnastics questions.
The floor exercise is a way to express your personality.
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.
I'm not a celebrity. I'm just the same Simone. I just have two Olympic Gold medals now.
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.
I didn't really ever dream of going to the Olympics until after 2012.
We strive for greatness.
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!
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.
The sport is called artistic gymnastics. So you do have to be a little bit of an actress.
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.
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.
I am like any typical teenager.
I was built this way for a reason, so I'm going to use it.
Stay healthy, have fun with it, and embrace all the moments. Because anything can happen.
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.
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.
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.
I take things one step at a time.
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.
Father served in the Air Force for 22 years.
I'm not the next Usain Bolt or Michael Phelps.
You can't get too caught up in yourself.
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.
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.
You can have fun and do well. Just let loose a bit.
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.
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.
I think we have other things to worry about than some Zika virus.
I never thought about competing in the Olympic Games when I was growing up.
I have everything I need, so there are no blanks left unfilled.
My first experience with gymnastics was when I was in daycare. We took a field trip to a gym, and I was hooked.
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.
I spend a lot of time in the gym training, and Core Power is a great fit for my nutritional needs.
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.
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.
You don't have to be serious all the time to do a good job.
If I thought of gymnastics as a job, it would put too much stress on me.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Before a big event, I usually go to church and light a candle for St. Sebastian, who is the patron saint of athletes.
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!
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.
One of my favourite things to do is compete for a crowd. It's just really fun for me.
At the end of the day, if I can say I had fun, it was a good day.
I love a good Netflix binge!
I'm thrilled that I was able to share my first Olympic Games experience with my U.S. teammates.
If they said, 'Do five pull-ups,' I would always want to do 10.
Everything is possible at any one competition.
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