A biography for Simone Bileshasn’t been written yet.
“I was built this way for a reason, so I'm going to use it.”
“We strive for greatness.”
“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.”
“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 think for me, the most fun competition that I've had was my first Worlds.”
“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.”
“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.”
“I would be like, 'Oh, my gosh, I wish I could go to prom.' But then I think, 'You know what? A lot of people can't say they've ever done what I do - they'll never have this opportunity.'”
“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.”
“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.”
“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 the first Simone Biles.”
“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 have dual citizenship.”
“I guess I just have really tough skin.”
“I was missing out on public school and going to the football games, prom or homecomings. But I've been to three World Championships... so I think it's like a win-win.”
“I never thought about competing in the Olympic Games when I was growing up.”
“It was a very long and hard decision. My dad kept telling me, 'You can always go to college, but you can't always go pro.' That made sense to me.”
“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.”
“I never felt I had questions or needed answers or had a part of me that was missing.”