Simone Biles

"I say put mental health first."

- Simone Biles

"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

"Maybe it's good we don't know what will happen next in our stories, because if we did, we might not turn the page."

- Simone Biles

"You don’t have to be a robot all the time, and you don’t always have to seem happy out there."

- Simone Biles

"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

"If you're having fun, that's when the best memories are built."

- Simone Biles

"At the end of the day, if I can say I had fun, it was a good day."

- Simone Biles

"You can still be very good at what you do and have fun."

- Simone Biles

"If you’re not having a good time it’s OK; you don’t have to hide that from people."

- Simone Biles

"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

"To go out there and prove what I can do has taught me a lot about who I am. We can push ourselves further. We always have more to give."

- Simone Biles

"I'd rather regret the risk that didn't work out than the chances I didn't take at all."

- Simone Biles

"It hurts my heart that doing what I love has been kind of taken away from me to please other people."

- Simone Biles

"You will not always be strong, but you can always be brave."

- Simone Biles

"I feel like I learned the most about myself during Tokyo [2021]. How courageous, how brave I am. Because I always like to fake bravery. But I really think that solidified me being brave, speaking up for myself and just putting myself first."

- Simone Biles

"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

"lack of talent, lazy, olympic champions"

- Simone Biles

"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

"Always work hard and have fun in what you do because I believe that’s when you’re much successful; you have to choose to do it."

- Simone Biles

"We can push ourselves further. We always have more to give."

- Simone Biles

"You have to make your own luck. You make it in practice and with training and conditioning."

- Simone Biles

"I am confident because I put in the work."

- Simone Biles

"You make your own luck. You make it in training."

- Simone Biles

""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

"Don't ever compete against someone else, Simone. You don’t go out there to beat another person. You go out there to do your very best."

- Simone Biles

"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

"I think everybody inside is a champion themselves depending on how you handle your failures and successes."

- Simone Biles

"You make your own luck."

- Simone Biles

"You have to choose to do it."

- Simone Biles

"What I’ve been through, I’ve just always fought through it, and it’s just been really hard. We have triggers and unfortunately, I had one of my biggest ones here. But to come out and come back with a bronze medal [for beam], it means the world to end the Olympics like this."

- Simone Biles

"After hearing the brave stories of my friends and other survivors, I know that this horrific experience does not define me. I am much more than this. I am unique, smart, talented, motivated, and passionate. I have promised myself that my story will be much greater than this, and I promise all of you that I will never give up."

- Simone Biles

"It’s important to teach our female youth that it’s OK to say, ‘Yes, I am good at this,’ and you don’t hold back."

- Simone Biles

"I was built this way for a reason, so I’m going to use it."

- Simone Biles

"Practice creates confidence. Confidence empowers you."

- Simone Biles

"I’m not the next Usain Bolt or Michael Phelps … I’m the first Simone Biles."

- Simone Biles

"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

"I’m not the next Usain Bolt or Michael Phelps, I’m the first Simone Biles."

- Simone Biles

"I was built this way for a reason, so I'm going to use it."

- Simone Biles

"Once you believe in yourself, and you put your mind to something, you can do it."

- Simone Biles

"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."

- Simone Biles

"I think it’s nice to see so many people at the top that are people of color because it gives you inspiration, motivation. But also in the gym, I think representation matters."

- Simone Biles

"I wanted every child, regardless of race, to be able to look at my Worlds win and say, I can dream big too."

- Simone Biles

"I was glad to put the whole thing behind me, because I wanted every child, regardless of race, to be able to look at my Worlds win and say, I can dream big too."

- Simone Biles

"I feel like I’m small and mighty and pack a powerful punch, just like Tide PODS."

- Simone Biles

"It doesn’t matter what you look like. You can strive for greatness, and you can be great."

- Simone Biles

""I envision myself doing the same thing for the Olympic Games.""

- Simone Biles

"Just being in competition with other junior elite girls like Katelyn Ohashi and Lexie Priessman pushed me to raise my game."

- Simone Biles

"It’s not out of cockiness. I’ve won five world titles and if I say, ‘I’m the best gymnast there is,’ (the reaction is) ‘Oh, she’s cocky. Look at her now.’ No, the facts are literally on the paper."

- Simone Biles

"Everything is possible at any one competition."

- Simone Biles

"Don’t wait until you’ve reached your goal to be proud of yourself. Be proud of every step you take toward reaching that goal."

- Simone Biles

"I still had moments when my nerves got to me, but whenever I’d start to get anxious, Kyla Ross would remind me, 'Simone, just do what you do in practice.'"

- Simone Biles

"I have everything I need, so there are no blanks left unfilled."

- Simone Biles

"Most important, my mind was in the game—I was determined not to fail level seven a second time."

- Simone Biles

"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

"I’d rather regret the risks that didn’t work out than the chances I didn’t take at all."

- Simone Biles

""I’d rather regret the risks that didn’t work out than the chances I didn’t take at all.""

- Simone Biles

"I'd rather regret the risks that didn't work out than the chances I didn't take at all."

- Simone Biles

"I wasn’t born a Texas girl. In fact, before I called my parents Momma and Poppa Biles, I knew them as Grandma and Grandpa."

- Simone Biles

"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

"If you’re having fun, that’s when the best memories are built."

- Simone Biles

"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

"We have to protect our mind and our body, rather than just go out there and do what the world wants us to do."

- Simone Biles

"Go easy on yourself. Whatever you do today, let it be enough."

- Simone Biles

"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."

- Simone Biles

"I try to be strong not only for other people but also myself, but sometimes there are weaknesses in strength and that’s OK, and it’s OK not to be OK, and I’ve taught myself that."

- Simone Biles

"I wasn’t thinking about our deal either when I got selected for the Worlds team."

- Simone Biles

"For anyone saying I quit, I didn’t quit. My mind & body are simply not in sync."

- Simone Biles