Olympic gymnastSimone Bileswill always look up toformer first ladyMichelle Obama.
“Representation matters,” she said.
“Kids looked at her and said, ‘If she can be there, then I can too.’
They took Instagram videos together and planned sleepovers with the Obama daughtersSashaandMalia.
“She was so down to earth and so much fun,” Biles recalled.
“I really enjoyed my visit and I cherish those memories.”
You might recognize it.
“Sometimes you have to be the bigger person.
That’ll always stick with me, especially being an African American.
I like that one a lot.”
“Going low is easy, which is why people go to it,” she said.
“It’s easy to go low.
It’s easy to lead by fear.
It’s easy to be divisive.
It’s easy to make people feel afraid …
There is a bigger purpose for me out there.
So when I respond to something, I have to think about that.”
