Simone Biles Quotes

When I finished high school, it was clear to me that I would study mathematics, even if I also considered economics and psychology.

I had to decide if I was going to try a junior college or walk on somewhere. I even thought about changing sports. But I eventually decided that football was my passion.

Well, if I hadn't have been an actor I would have gone on to play college sports.

In spite of the fact of my dad telling me that if I did well, I could go to the military, I said, 'No, I want to go to college.'

The rule was I had to go to college, and I couldn't even go to theater camp.

When I graduated from college I didn't want to play in the AFL.

I wanted to stay in New York to pursue acting, but my dad urged me to get a four-year degree. Reading about the film school at Florida State University, he suggested I go there. I received my bachelor's degree in 2003.

A suggestion had been made to me looking toward a professorship in some Western college, but after due consideration, I declined to consider the matter.

Access to a college degree is critical.

I need to decide whether to apply for college or delay it for a couple of years while I pursue some more acting projects. Right now I'm trying to sort things out, so I can make the right choices.

My dad said, 'Go to college and take whatever you want.' So, I went to the University of Miami. When I got up to the line at registration, I saw that you had to take math and history. I said, 'There's no way I'm taking math and history.' And right next to it was the line for the drama department.

Economists actually disagree about whether there are significant economic returns from attending an elite college versus a less-selective one.

And then before going back for my sophomore year, I decided to change my major to arts and sciences, and my dad cut a deal with me: He said if I'd quit school he'd pay my rent for the next three years, as if I were in school.

No one in my family had ever even gone to college.

I wanted to be a mechanic. When I was 14 I wanted to quit school and go work on my car. But my dad said Son, you shouldn't do that. You should stay in school until your education is finished, and when you're done, don't make your hobby your job.

If I was going to go to college, I had to have a scholarship. By my sophomore year, it was evident golf was not going to be the path.

I got into Temple University on a track scholarship.

So I decided on science when I was in college.

It was always assumed that I would go to college.

When I was in high school I thought I was going to university into psychology.

I went to college because I felt like I was supposed to. I graduated from public high school and I did all the things that I was supposed to do.

Until my senior year, baseball and basketball were my best sports; and even when I was a senior, I still wanted to play baseball professionally. But the family wanted me to go to college, and I guess I agreed with them, or else I would have accepted some of the offers I got.

I was born knowing I had to go to college.

I had to decide whether I should try to play pro football after high school or try to pursue my powerlifting career.

When the chance came to join a great club like Liverpool, I weighed up my options and it was obviously the best move for me.