To me, I go out there, and I do what I trained. We prepare so long for that moment, so it's just kind of exciting.

I would hope I would inspire kids everywhere to know that you can do anything you put your mind to.

Thank you guys for believing in my ability and supporting me in my Olympic journey.

It feels amazing to inspire little kids to want to do gymnastics and have fun with it.

Everything I do is in the gym so I'm always in gym clothes.

Sometimes I think of that and I'm like, "Simone, I don't know what else you can do. What more can you do? Maybe you can repeat yourself." I'll take time off, get out more, go outside more, vacation.

I know [people] think I'm taller because it's so close and I look stretched out, but I'm just 4-8.

I'm only 19. It's kinda crazy if you're older and putting expectations on a poor 19-year-old.

I'm excited to explore lifestyle clothes for a little bit. I don't necessarily have favorite brands.

[People saying to me] "You look taller on TV." I get that all the time.

In the morning, I usually get up between 7:40 A.M. and 7:45 A.M., and then I'll brush my teeth, do my hair, and just throw on my leotard and my clothes and go to the kitchen.

If a story is in you, it has to come out.

I have learned many things in this life:)

Whoever is not made glorified by taqwa can find no glory.

Silence is the cornerstone of character.

It has been a long time since philosophers have read men's souls. It is not their task, we are told. Perhaps. But we must not be surprised if they no longer matter much to us.

If we become increasingly humble about how little we know, we may be more eager to search.

All of us have mortal bodies, composed of perishable matter, but the soul lives forever: it is a portion of the Deity housed in our bodies

The intellect must be different from the soul.

I wish my readers took less of my time - about a third of my working time goes to them - but I love and need them all.

My books definitely are ambassadors, as you called them. They express what the vision is, what the purpose is.