Zitat des Tages von Simone Biles:
I love a good Netflix binge!
I think I'm teaching my teammates that they can still be successful while having fun and enjoying the moment rather than being a stone cold brick.
It doesn't even matter if I don't win a self-gold - after every meet, I have pizza. Pepperoni pizza.
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.
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.
I don't do bugs.
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!
I spend a lot of time in the gym training, and Core Power is a great fit for my nutritional needs.
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 never thought about competing in the Olympic Games when I was growing up.
I was built this way for a reason, so I'm going to use it.
If I won gold in 2016, I think it would change my life.
I never felt I had questions or needed answers or had a part of me that was missing.
I'm not the next Usain Bolt or Michael Phelps.
Most of our fans don't get to interact with us or know our personalities except through social media.
Stay healthy, have fun with it, and embrace all the moments. Because anything can happen.
I'm thrilled that I was able to share my first Olympic Games experience with my U.S. teammates.
I am like any typical teenager.
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.
It hurts my head, but it's fine because it's something I do every day. You can't avoid the gymnastics questions.
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.
I think we have other things to worry about than some Zika virus.
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.
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.
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'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.
I guess I just have really tough skin.
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.
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.
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'm the first Simone Biles.
If I thought of gymnastics as a job, it would put too much stress on me.
My first experience with gymnastics was when I was in daycare. We took a field trip to a gym, and I was hooked.
I have dual citizenship.