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.

I take things one step at a time.

I have always had confidence in my own ability.

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

One of the first things I learned about acting was, the only person you compete against is yourself.