Shawn Johnson Quotes

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Shawn Johnson

Profession : Athlete

Birth : January 19, 1992

I was at the Olympic Games winning medals and I still doubted my image. I doubted what I looked like. That's sad.

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I'm doing four hours of gymnastics training a day, six days a week and then an extra two to three hours in a fitness center as well.

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I'm trying to stay as calm as possible and focus one day at a time, but when reality sets in, I feel everything: anxiety, excitement, nerves, pressure and joy.

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Injury taught me I need to learn how to face challenges.

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Everything is about your movements and precision and timing, which is what gymnastics is about.

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I always have someone to look up to, and I think it helps me with motivating myself.

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My coach, Liang Chow, had one rule while I was training for the 2008 Olympics: no skiing. I could do anything I wanted outside the gym, he said, except ski.

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I was able to do Classics, the U.S. national championships and the Pan American Games and feel like I improved with each meet, but I was still struggling with a lot of residual pain from the two surgeries.

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When I was younger, my coach, Liang Chow, made all the decisions. I would go to the gym for practice, do exactly what Chow told me to do, go home, come back and start all over again. If Chow told me to do 50 squat jumps, I did 50 squat jumps.

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I always feel like I'm the young one, I'm the small one.

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My knee is almost back to normal. I am back in training.

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I don't know where I'm really going to cha cha, but hopefully I can find a place.

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I have a healthy lifestyle, but there's nothing you can really do to prevent from rolling an ankle or something like that.

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I pay attention to my diet to be a healthier gymnast, but I'm not obsessive over it.

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I had surgery to repair the ACL in February 2010 and was back in the gym by June, but rushed things too quickly and ended up re-tearing my MCL in September.

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I don't feel like a star; I never have. I don't feel like a star; I never have. I always feel like I'm the young one, I'm the small one. I always have someone to look up to, and I think it helps me with motivating myself.

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My other life keeps me calm and grounded and normal.

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Gymnastics taught me everything - life lessons, responsibility and discipline and respect.

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I still can't believe I'm an Olympic athlete.

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To finish off this whole Olympics by finally getting the gold medal, it's the best feeling in the world.

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