1. “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.” ― Simone Biles
2. “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.” ― Simone Biles
3. “I never thought about competing in the Olympic Games when I was growing up.” ― Simone Biles
4. “I’m not a celebrity. I’m just the same Simone. I just have two Olympic Gold medals now.” ― Simone Biles
5. “My first experience with gymnastics was when I was in daycare. We took a field trip to a gym, and I was hooked.” ― Simone Biles
6. “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.” ― Simone Biles
7. “Before a big event, I usually go to church and light a candle for St. Sebastian, who is the patron saint of athletes.” ― Simone Biles
8. “Stay healthy, have fun with it, and embrace all the moments. Because anything can happen.” ― Simone Biles
9. “The unexpected is usually what brings the unbelievable.” ― Simone Biles
10. “If you’re having fun, that’s when the best memories are built.” ― Simone Biles
11. “Practice creates confidence. Confidence empowers you.” ― Simone Biles
12. “A successful competition for me is always going out there and putting 100 percent into whatever I’m doing.” ― Simone Biles
13. “For me, I don’t think about size – I focus more on being powerful and confident.” ― Simone Biles
14. “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.” ― Simone Biles
15. “I’m not the next Usain Bolt or Michael Phelps. I’m the first Simone Biles.” ― Simone Biles
16. “It feels amazing to inspire little kids to want to do gymnastics and have fun with it.” ― Simone Biles
17. “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.” ― Simone Biles
18. “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.” ― Simone Biles
19. “I feel like I’m small and mighty and pack a powerful punch, just like Tide PODS.” ― Simone Biles
20. “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.” ― Simone Biles
21. “To me, I go out there, and I do what I trained. We prepare so long for that moment, so it’s just kind of exciting.” ― Simone Biles
22. “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.” ― Simone Biles
23. “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.” ― Simone Biles
24. “You make your own luck. You make it in training.” ― Simone Biles
25. “To go out there and prove what I can do has taught me a lot about who I am.” ― Simone Biles
26. “Everything I do is in the gym so I’m always in gym clothes.” ― Simone Biles
27. “The same thing that’s true in gymnastics is also true in life: you can’t go back. The best you can do is forgive yourself, take a deep breath, and get to work on the next challenge.” ― Simone Biles
28. “I take things one step at a time.” ― Simone Biles
29. “Sometimes I hear the crowd cheering, and most of the time your body’s on autopilot, so sometimes even after I do a floor routine, I’m like, ‘Did I really just do that?’” – Simone Biles
30. “You can’t get too caught up in yourself.” ― Simone Biles
31. “If they said, ‘Do five pull-ups,’ I would always want to do ten.” ― Simone Biles
32. “I’d rather regret the risks that didn’t work out than the chances I didn’t take at all.” ― Simone Biles
33. “The team comes first.” ― Simone Biles
34. “Gymnastics is just one part of my life, and I’m having as much fun with it as possible.” ― Simone Biles
35. “I wasn’t born earlier, so I had no say in that!” ― Simone Biles
36. “The sport is called artistic gymnastics. So you do have to be a little bit of an actress.” ― Simone Biles
37. “We all have skills. We can push ourselves further. We always have more to give.” ― Simone Biles
38. “I plan on doing things that I can’t do because of gym right now. … Things like going swimming with sharks or jumping off a cliff into water.” ― Simone Biles
39. “If you’re having fun, that’s when the best memories are built.” ― Simone Biles
40. “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.” ― Simone Biles
41. “It’s inspiring to young athletes that there are more records that can still be broken.” ― Simone Biles
42. “I was built this way for a reason, so I’m going to use it.” ― Simone Biles
43. “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.” ― Simone Biles
44. “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.” ― Simone Biles
45. “We can push ourselves further. We always have more to give.” ― Simone Biles
46. “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.” ― Simone Biles
47. “If I thought of gymnastics as a job, it would put too much stress on me.” ― Simone Biles
48. “You don’t have to be serious all the time to do a good job.” ― Simone Biles
49. “I never felt I had questions or needed answers or had a part of me that was missing.” ― Simone Biles
50. “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.” ― Simone Biles
