“It’s OK to quit when things get tough” -The message Simone Biles sends to little girls

Any adult has a right to decide for themselves if they want to walk away from an activity that no longer is in their best interest.

It might be disappointing to others but it is not wrong. Simone made her decision.

She's brave little quitter! Let the little cupcake go to her safe space. Typical SNOWFLAKE!

Today I’m giving a presentation at work.

Didn’t sleep well and very tired from the weekend long trail runs. Just don’t feel great.

Should I call out today and let my coworkers give the presentation? They can see my patients all day long too. I’m not making millions of $$$ so why not? I only get to do this once every 4 years if lucky. But my practice speeches were great.

the truth is wrote:

Any adult has a right to decide for themselves if they want to walk away from an activity that no longer is in their best interest.

It might be disappointing to others but it is not wrong. Simone made her decision.

Except that she’s getting paid millions. It’s not a hobby. If what you say is correct then she broke her contract and should be “fired”

y'all some crazy mfs and it shows.

If she bombed out or died because of an error you'd be roasting her about that.

I swear y'all are weird.

I'm in my mid 50s so I'm a bit of a cantankerous old guy but the idea that we should respect an athlete for quitting because she's having a bad day...is contrary to almost every good lesson sports teaches us. We're supposed to learn from sports that sticking with something builds character and creates better human beings. That's the very core of distance running, 1/3 of your days are good, 1/3 of your days are average and 1/3 of your days are awful. But you keep going and that teaches you how to be a better, stronger, resilient person. Quitting teaches you the opposite - that resilience is not the goal - that it's ok to quit on those 1/3 of bad days.

I don't get it biles defenders.

(the only excuse for biles might be that she realized she would score very poorly so she needed to support her team by giving her seat to someone else. But that is just another way to say 'let's all respect choking as an admirable quality in our athletes.')

I am even older. I know that I am willing to stand only so close to the edge of a cliff for a picture, because I know at some point I will be uneasy enough where i might screw up and fall over the cliff. She seemed to be at a similar point in her gymnastics - worried she would lose control and land horribly. And yes, it would hurt the team. Do I glorify her for stepping out? No. But I respect the decision she made about her own life, and the team. BTW numerous gymnasts and coaches - people who know what they are talking about - have said the same thing. The "twisties" are not something you fight thru on the floor without something soft to land on.

agip wrote:

That's the very core of distance running, 1/3 of your days are good, 1/3 of your days are average and 1/3 of your days are awful. But you keep going and that teaches you how to be a better, stronger, resilient person. Quitting teaches you the opposite - that resilience is not the goal - that it's ok to quit on those 1/3 of bad days.

You could have just said ‘I don’t understand the dangers unique to gymnastics’ and left it at that. That one sentence would have been more effective than your 3 paragraphs.

the truth is wrote:

Any adult has a right to decide for themselves if they want to walk away from an activity that no longer is in their best interest.

It might be disappointing to others but it is not wrong. Simone made her decision.

It’s wrong when you’re getting paid to do your job and have a contract, a team and sponsors and getting millions to sow up and compete. She’s a loser !!

You and OP hate people who have ADHD and have to take Ritalin. Hope your kid never needs to use any meds and you don't just tell him to deal with it.

not feeling it today wrote:

Today I’m giving a presentation at work.

Didn’t sleep well and very tired from the weekend long trail runs. Just don’t feel great.

Should I call out today and let my coworkers give the presentation? They can see my patients all day long too. I’m not making millions of $$$ so why not? I only get to do this once every 4 years if lucky. But my practice speeches were great.

^Good lord, now we got this fat schlub talking about his coffee and donut session at work like it's somehow comparable Olympic-level gymnastics. Go get that gold medal champ!

this is it wrote:

not feeling it today wrote:

Today I’m giving a presentation at work.

Didn’t sleep well and very tired from the weekend long trail runs. Just don’t feel great.

Should I call out today and let my coworkers give the presentation? They can see my patients all day long too. I’m not making millions of $$$ so why not? I only get to do this once every 4 years if lucky. But my practice speeches were great.

^Good lord, now we got this fat schlub talking about his coffee and donut session at work like it's somehow comparable Olympic-level gymnastics. Go get that gold medal champ!

Don't worry, his 'back up' would do a great job reading the powerpoint of 'going forward', we have 'headwinds', but our 'go to market' strategy will be the 'value proposition'

What a douchebag, wouldn't even be missed if not for the unused doughnuts

Has the right. That’s not the point. The point is that she quit when her teammates needed her most, and she did it to avoid losing. If everyone did that, the world would be an even sorrier place.

fat at 27 wrote:

do you call yourself ultramarine because you think you're some sort of badass?

Do you call yourself "fat at 27" because you are...nevermind.

this is it wrote:

not feeling it today wrote:

Today I’m giving a presentation at work.

Didn’t sleep well and very tired from the weekend long trail runs. Just don’t feel great.

Should I call out today and let my coworkers give the presentation? They can see my patients all day long too. I’m not making millions of $$$ so why not? I only get to do this once every 4 years if lucky. But my practice speeches were great.

^Good lord, now we got this distraught and underappreciated hero, rightfully talking about his coffee and donut session at work like it's comparable to Olympic-level gymnastics. Go get that gold medal champ!

Not feeling it today, I like this other person, support and believe in you. You don't want to let others, but most of all yourself down, when you can so easily just decide to "Man-Up" and do it, and be done. At the end of the day you basically just need to show up to collect the 6 gold medals you already put in the work for, now just show up and take home the GOLD Buddy!!!!

Both praising her as brave or criticizing her as a quitter is stupid, both takes are wrong.

Let's stick to to facts, she compromised her own mindset, then couldn't overcome it to compete effectively, dropping out was wise if she couldn't get it together...not brave, but likely the wise decision.

For the level of competitor she is , her mindset is both pathetic and weak. She needs to fix it.

I've coached dozens of girls mentally and emotionally stronger than her. Plenty that have had issues, I saw it as my job as a coach to help them get through them and have a stronger mindset. Never have any of them succumbed to cowardice.

What the h is wrong with those close to her for not helping her get her s together.

How does one go from emotionally strong to emotionally weak??

Draw your own conclusions...

^Agreed