Simone Biles

I started gymnastics when I was six years old. I was at day care, and they took us on a field trip to a gym club, Bannon's Gymnastix in Houston, and that's how I got started.

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.

That's what I love about how diverse our team is - we have such different body types, yet together, we build the best team there is. I think we're stronger together than individually.

Man needs difficulties; they are necessary for health.

I've always been very determined, ever since I was a little girl, to make my way.

There's never been anything I didn't love that I didn't connect with on a personal level because, to some degree, I projected upon it.