Simone Biles

My mom saw it and she was like, okay, do you want to do the one with the four events or do you want to do tumbling and then maybe you'll go to cheerleading? And I was like, I want to do the one with the four events.

My mom saw it and she was like, okay, do you want to do the one with the four events or do you want to do tumbling and then maybe you'll go to cheerleading? And I was like, I want to do the one with the four events.

My mom saw it and she was like, okay, do you want to do the one with the four events or do you want to do tumbling and then maybe you'll go to cheerleading? And I was like, I want to do the one with the four events.

never for me everybody else always saw it and since I was always the smallest in my class the shortest I thought they would always be like oh my god she's so good she's so cute she has so much talent I just thought it was like what your grandmother does when she comes around every year like oh you look so good like I thought really that's what it was and I'm like you're just saying that because I'm so short so it took a while for me to really like lean into my talent and to

never for me everybody else always saw it and since I was always the smallest in my class the shortest I thought they would always be like oh my god she's so good she's so cute she has so much talent I just thought it was like what your grandmother does when she comes around every year like oh you look so good like I thought really that's what it was and I'm like you're just saying that because I'm so short so it took a while for me to really like lean into my talent and to

never for me everybody else always saw it and since I was always the smallest in my class the shortest I thought they would always be like oh my god she's so good she's so cute she has so much talent I just thought it was like what your grandmother does when she comes around every year like oh you look so good like I thought really that's what it was and I'm like you're just saying that because I'm so short so it took a while for me to really like lean into my talent and to

to realize, oh my gosh, I could do something or be someone. Because once I started, I did it for fun. Nobody in my family has ever done gymnastics, so they have no idea where the talent came from. My siblings were really good at track, but that's kind of it.

to realize, oh my gosh, I could do something or be someone. Because once I started, I did it for fun. Nobody in my family has ever done gymnastics, so they have no idea where the talent came from. My siblings were really good at track, but that's kind of it.

to realize, oh my gosh, I could do something or be someone. Because once I started, I did it for fun. Nobody in my family has ever done gymnastics, so they have no idea where the talent came from. My siblings were really good at track, but that's kind of it.

Short, yes, because you could always grow. So they were like, we're just waiting for her growth spurt, which I'm still waiting. I tell God, finish it when I'm done with gymnastics. So maybe we're not done yet. The doctor probably thinks my growth plates are closed, but that's a different story. I love it. You're like, it's going to happen. But other than that...

Short, yes, because you could always grow. So they were like, we're just waiting for her growth spurt, which I'm still waiting. I tell God, finish it when I'm done with gymnastics. So maybe we're not done yet. The doctor probably thinks my growth plates are closed, but that's a different story. I love it. You're like, it's going to happen. But other than that...

Short, yes, because you could always grow. So they were like, we're just waiting for her growth spurt, which I'm still waiting. I tell God, finish it when I'm done with gymnastics. So maybe we're not done yet. The doctor probably thinks my growth plates are closed, but that's a different story. I love it. You're like, it's going to happen. But other than that...

They all saw it, they would say, like, they gave me this nickname, Soldier, because my muscles and all of this stuff. And so, like, one time I beat this kid up on the playground because he said, oh, I bet you can't beat me up. And I was always the kid that, if you said I couldn't do something, I'm doing it. And I think I'm still that way, like, I'm doing it.

They all saw it, they would say, like, they gave me this nickname, Soldier, because my muscles and all of this stuff. And so, like, one time I beat this kid up on the playground because he said, oh, I bet you can't beat me up. And I was always the kid that, if you said I couldn't do something, I'm doing it. And I think I'm still that way, like, I'm doing it.

They all saw it, they would say, like, they gave me this nickname, Soldier, because my muscles and all of this stuff. And so, like, one time I beat this kid up on the playground because he said, oh, I bet you can't beat me up. And I was always the kid that, if you said I couldn't do something, I'm doing it. And I think I'm still that way, like, I'm doing it.

I don't know. But if I had to pinpoint, my parents were very hard workers. Me and my sister were pretty much always on top of our schoolwork. And we were just kind of self-driven. And I don't know where it came from, but I think it started from my parents just saying how hard they work, everything that they've done for us, for our siblings.

I don't know. But if I had to pinpoint, my parents were very hard workers. Me and my sister were pretty much always on top of our schoolwork. And we were just kind of self-driven. And I don't know where it came from, but I think it started from my parents just saying how hard they work, everything that they've done for us, for our siblings.

I don't know. But if I had to pinpoint, my parents were very hard workers. Me and my sister were pretty much always on top of our schoolwork. And we were just kind of self-driven. And I don't know where it came from, but I think it started from my parents just saying how hard they work, everything that they've done for us, for our siblings.

It's kind of something that was a little bit taught in that nature too.

It's kind of something that was a little bit taught in that nature too.