SHE’LL HAVE YET ANOTHER CHANCE
TO MAKE HISTORY IN MORE WAYS
THAN ONE.
>> SHE’S GOING TO ABSOLUTELY
DECIMATE THE FIELD HERE.
>> SIMONE BILES, A PHENOMENAL
COMPETITOR.
>> THE FIRST TIME AN AMERICAN
WOMAN WINS A GOLD MEDAL IN
VAULT, AND THAT DESERVES A
STANDING OVATION.
>> Reporter: FOUR-TIME OLYMPIC
GOLD MEDALIST AND 19-TIME WORLD
CHAMPION GYMNAST SIMONE BILES IS
CONSIDERED THE GREATEST OF ALL
TIME.
THE G.O.A.T.
SHE KNOWS IT.
SHE EVEN HAS THE LEOTARD TO
PROVE IT.
HOW DO YOU WEAR THAT MONIKER?
>> I JUST DO ME WHENEVER I GO
OUT THERE AND WHENEVER IT IS
TIME TO SHINE.
>> TWO FLIP-FLOPS TO A
DOUBLE-DOUBLE.
>> HAVE FUN IN FRONT OF A CROWD.
>> Reporter: YOU’RE DRIVEN.
I WATCHED OLD INTERVIEWS OF YOU
WHEN YOU WERE YOUNGER.
YOU WERE LIKE, I ALWAYS WANTED
TO BE BETTER THAN THAT GIRL.
NOW, THERE’S NOBODY OUT THERE.
YOU’RE WAY OUT IN FRONT.
>> YEAH.
>> Reporter: HOW IS IT THAT YOU
STAY MOTIVATED AND KEEP THAT
FIERCENESS?
>> IT IS MORE STRESSFUL WHENEVER
I GO OUT AND COMPETE.
I’M TRYING TO BE BETTER THAN I
WAS AT THE LAST MEET.
I’M TRYING TO BEAT MYSELF.
SOMETIMES YOU GET CAUGHT UP IN
THAT MOMENT, AND IT’S JUST SCARY
BECAUSE I GO OUT AND I’M LIKE,
CAN I DO IT AGAIN?
CAN I BE THIS GOOD?
CAN I REPEAT WHAT I DID LAST
OLYMPICS?
I FEEL LIKE THAT’S WHAT
MOTIVATES ME.
>> Reporter: ARE YOU BEATABLE?
>> I DON’T KNOW.
I FEEL LIKE YOU JUST NEVER KNOW.
YOU JUST NEVER KNOW.
IF I’M AT THE TOP OF MY GAME, I
FEEL LIKE IT WOULD BE VERY HARD.
>> Reporter: IF I HAD A VOTE, I
WOULD SAY, NO, GIRL, YOU ARE NOT
BEATABLE.
>> YEAH.
>> Reporter: AT 24 YEARS OLD,
SIMONE COULD BECOME THE OLDEST
AMERICAN WOMAN TO WIN THE
ALL-AROUND OLYMPIC GOLD.
YOU MAY BE COMPETING AGAINST A
16-YEAR-OLD.
>> RIGHT.
>> Reporter: DO YOU FEEL
INTIMIDATED BY THEM AT ALL?
>> THEY HAVE LESS YEARS THAN ME,
SO I FEEL LIKE THEY’RE A LITTLE
FRESHER.
THEY CAN RECOVER QUICKER.
>> Reporter: DO YOU THINK ABOUT
YOUR AGE?
>> GIRL, ALL THE TIME.
>> Reporter: YOU DO?
WHEN?
>> EVERY DAY.
I’M REMINDED OF MY AGE HERE.
THE KIDS REMIND ME HOW OLD I AM
EVERY DAY.
YESTERDAY, WE WERE IN PRACTICE,
AND THEY’RE LIKE, SIMONE, HOW
LONG HAVE YOU BEEN DOING THE
SPORT?
I WAS LIKE, 17 YEARS.
THEY WERE LIKE, I’M NOT EVEN 17
YET.
TEAMMATES AREN’T EVEN 17 YET.
I’M LIKE, THANK YOU.
I’M -- THANK YOU.
>> Reporter: WHAT ULTIMATELY
MADE YOU DECIDE TO COME BACK?
>> I KNEW I HAD MORE TO GIVE TO
THE SPORT, FOR MYSELF, AND I
FELT LIKE I HAD A PURPOSE.
NOW, I FEEL LIKE I DO, AND IT IS
TO BE A VOICE FOR THE YOUNGER
GENERATION.
I FEEL LIKE I’VE DONE THAT.
I FEEL LIKE, JUST, GOD CALLED
ME.
>> Reporter: A CALLING, SHE
SAYS, THAT’S BIGGER THAN THE
SPORT OF GYMNASTICS.
IT’S ABOUT KEEPING A SPOTLIGHT
ON SOME TERRIBLE, UNFINISHED
BUSINESS.
THE SEX ABUSE SCANDAL PERT
PERPETRATED BY FORMER TEAM
DOCTOR LARRY NASSAR.
>> I JUST FEEL LIKE EVERYTHING
THAT HAPPENED HAD TO COME BACK
TO THE SPORT, TO BE A VOICE, TO
HAVE CHANGE HAPPEN.
I FEEL LIKE IF THERE WEREN’T A
REMAINING SURVIVOR IN THE SPORT,
THEY WOULD HAVE JUST BRUSHED IT
TO THE SIDE.
SINCE I’M STILL HERE, AND I HAVE
QUITE A SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE
AND PLATFORM, THEY HAVE TO DO
SOMETHING.
SO I FEEL LIKE COMING BACK,
GYMNASTICS JUST WASN’T THE ONLY
PURPOSE I WAS SUPPOSED TO DO.
>> Reporter: YOU CAME BACK FOR
THAT OTHER REASON.
I DIDN’T KNOW THAT.
>> I DON’T THINK I KNEW IT
EITHER, BUT I FEEL LIKE
GYMNASTICS WASN’T THE ONLY THING
I WAS SUPPOSED TO COME BACK FOR.
>> SHE’S GOT A REAL CALLING
INSIDE, AND SHE SAID THAT SOME
PEOPLE THINK THAT THAT SCANDAL
IS OVER BECAUSE HE WENT TO JAIL
AND IT’S OVER.
SHE SAID, SO MANY CHANGES STILL
NEED TO BE MADE.
BY THE WAY, SHE WAS A LITTLE
CONCERNED BECAUSE SHE DID SAY
SHE WAS AT HER PRIME IN THE
SPORT WHEN IT WAS -- WHEN THE
OLYMPICS WAS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN.
SHE’S BEEN WORKING HER TUSH OFF,
WORKING REALLY HARD IN HER GYM.
I GOT A CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH HER
MOM AND DAD, WHO ARE CHEERING
HER ON, TOO.
>> THE TIMING IS EVERYTHING.
SHE HAS TO WORK.
THAT PRIME CAN FLOAT.
HOW DO YOU THINK SHE HAS DONE,
100 DAYS OUT, TO TIME IT UP SO
SHE PEAKS AT THE RIGHT TIME?
>> EXACTLY WHAT SHE WAS WORKING
ON.
SHE WAS SAYING WHEN THE WINDOW
HAPPENS, SHE’S GOING TO TRY TO
BE AT HER ABSOLUTE BEST.
IT IS A TRICKY THING.
>> RIGHT.
>> LIKE SHE SAID, 24.
IMAGINE EVER BELIEVING THAT WAS
OLD.
IN HER MIND, SHE’S LIKE, IT
TAKES ME LONGER TO RECOVER.
>> PHYSICALLY.
>> I HAVE TO TELL YOU, SHE’S
SUPER PUMPED.
SHE KEPT SAYING, SHE’S
COUNTERING DOWN AND CAN’T WAIT.
>> I LOVE WHEN YOU ASKED HER,
CAN ANYBODY BEAT YOU?
JUST THE LOOK, IT WAS PERFECT.
>> SHE WAS LIKE, WELL --
>> THE THOUGHT BUBBLE SAID NO.
>> BY THE WAY, THEY ACTUALLY HAD
A REAL-LIFE GOAT WANDERING
AROUND THERE.
>> NO.
>> YEAH, THAT WAS HAPPENING,