A Quote by Simone Biles
I can only control what I do when I go compete.
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To let go of the illusion that I'm in control is an important lesson, because I tend to be a person who likes to be in control, not only of my art but of my life and things around me, and it can be healthy up to a certain point, but at the end of the day, we have to go on faith and learn to let go and ride the wave.
I feel like I have the experience to go out there and compete and keep everything until control. I think that's something I'm going to be able to do.
In football, you only work for the things you can control. You cannot control the outside world: you can only control your preparation; you can only control your performances.
I think I can still go out there and compete, and compete at a high level.
When I go in to compete, whether it's gymnastics or anything else, I do my own thing. I compete with myself.
And knowing that the only alternative to your grief is the nothingness that’s fast approaching, you try to embrace your own sorrow, to be open and empty and let it all pass through you. This is the key, you have learned – to relinquish control, to relinquish the desire for control. Even in this late drama, to try to control is to go mad. And so you do your best to let it all go.
I'm going to have to work it, compete for that starting spot, compete for that job. I'm willing to come in and work, willing to compete and go at people in practice so I can have that ability to start in the starting lineup.
The only thing I can't control is the spin in the press. And so if I know I can't control that, I have to let it go.
You don't compete with dollars, but you compete with ideas. Your only real borders are what you can imagine.
Learning how to compete is one of the most important things that an athlete can do. You can train as well as you possibly can and go compete and completely choke.
I think we've put ourselves in a position that if we can go into the Big East and compete at the level that we aspire to compete at, we'll get out of this what we want.
Anywhere you go, you're gonna have to compete. In life, you're gonna go get a job. You're gonna have to compete with the next person.
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