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.

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.

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.

The capacity to learn is a gift

Most employees are smarter than their employers. All employers are braver than their employees.

The feeling of sleepiness when you are not in bed and can't get there is the meanest feeling in the world.

Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it's amazing what they can accomplish.

The illusion of purpose is to be avoided. The illuion of lack of purpose is to be avoided.

It is better to go stumbling, and weeping, and crawling like a worm along the way of love, than to give up and choose some other way.

I tell people, 'It's just like a cliche, but it's true: In Hollywood, dreams can come true.'

Listen, I've always been very headstrong.

The work of vegetation begins first in the irritability of the bark and leaf-buds.

You, a person with a vision, are like a pebble in a stream, moving ever outward to infinity, impacting on all who come into contact with the ripple.