SIMONE BILES

One of my favourite things to do is compete for a crowd. It's just really fun for me.

People comment on my pictures, 'Stay healthy.'

For me, I don't think about size - I focus more on being powerful and confident.

Before a big event, I usually go to church and light a candle for St. Sebastian, who is the patron saint of athletes.

Mentally, I have to get my body and mind in the right place before I start the routine, but once into the zone, it's like I turn on a switch. I envision myself doing the same thing for the Olympic Games.

I'm always trying to push myself to the limit to see what I can do. It's my strong will that I've always had since I was a kid.

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.

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.

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.

You don't have to be serious all the time to do a good job.

It doesn't even matter if I don't win a self-gold - after every meet, I have pizza. Pepperoni pizza.

When we had free time in the Olympic Village, we got massages and rested while watching Netflix.

If I thought of gymnastics as a job, it would put too much stress on me.

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.

There are goals that I have, and then I dream of it, and then I make it a reality. If I could crawl out of my skin and see it, it would be really amazing.

I don't do bugs.

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 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 love a good Netflix binge!

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.

I didn't get the high school opportunity, but it always worked out.

I didn't really ever dream of going to the Olympics until after 2012.

My first experience with gymnastics was when I was in daycare. We took a field trip to a gym, and I was hooked.

So far, my goals stops at making an Olympic team, and then if that happens, then I'll jot down more goals.

Stay healthy, have fun with it, and embrace all the moments. Because anything can happen.