I wasn’t thinking about our deal either when I got selected for the Worlds team. Being chosen to compete had been a jaw-dropping moment for me. But now I was riding a wave of excitement and fear. I’d be one of five girls carrying the banner for my country. Could I handle the pressure? I knew this was my test. I’d have to find a way to manage everyone’s expectations in order to keep them from making me feel overwhelmed. I needed to learn how to carry those expectations lightly—like a turtle carries its shell. ― Simone Biles

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The heart may freeze, or it can burn. The pain will ease and I can learn. There is no future, there is no past. I live this moment as, my last. ― Jonathan Larson

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No one has ever achieved greatness without dreams. ― Roy T. Bennett

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The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don't play together, the club won't be worth a dime. - Babe Ruth

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Child, you have to learn to see things in the right proportions. Learn to see great things great and small things small. ― Corrie Ten Boom

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Be careful the stories you're telling yourself about your current circumstances; a head full of negative thoughts has no space for positive ones. ― Roy T. Bennett,

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If everything was perfect you would never learn and you would never grow. - Beyonce

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We learn from history that we don't learn from history! ― Desmond Tutu

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Integrity is doing what is right and truthful, and doing as you say you would do. ― Roy T. Bennett

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You must learn to take a step back and visualize the whole piece. If you focus only on the thread given to you, you lose sight of what it can become. ― Colleen Houck

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