Simone Biles

I can only control what I do when I go compete.

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 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.

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.

We've always had each other's backs in and out of competition. We support each other the most because we're the only ones that know what it's like to go through what we do, and so we can't be more thankful for each other. We're like sisters.

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.

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.

If they said, 'Do five pull-ups,' I would always want to do 10.

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

It hurts my head, but it's fine because it's something I do every day. You can't avoid the gymnastics questions.

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

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

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.

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

Everything is possible at any one competition.

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

Sometimes I hear the crowd cheering, and most of the time your body's on auto pilot, so sometimes even after I do a floor routine, I'm like, 'Did I really just do that?'

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'm not a celebrity. I'm just the same Simone. I just have two Olympic Gold medals now.

One of my proudest moments was probably 2013 Worlds because I proved to myself that I could do things that I didn't think I could.

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