9. Freaking out just a little bit during the national anthem
ANAHEIM, CA – JUNE 25: Carly Patterson closes her eyes during the national anthem before the Women’s preliminaries of the U.S. Gymnastics Olympic Team Trials on June 25, 2004 at The Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim in Anaheim, California. (Photo by Donald Miralle/Getty Images)
Why is it always this song that releases the butterflies? It’s like some sort of a sick joke.
(Pictured: Carly Patterson at the 2004 Olympic Trials. Patterson was the co-national champion that year and went on to win the Olympic all-around title, but at the Trials, the butterflies did indeed get her. She fell multiple times on beam, her best event, and finished third all-around.)