Shawn Johnson Quotes About Sports

Quotes about: Sports

• I don't think I've ever not gotten nervous. When you work so hard for one special day or routine, you want to perform it better than you ever have. We always say at our gym, If you lose the nerves, you lose the sport.

  Shawn Johnson

  Motivational, Sports, Gymnastics

• If you lose the nerves, you lose the sport.

  Shawn Johnson

  Sports, Gymnastics, Nerves

• I told myself after 2008 that I was done for good. But they say you can't keep a gymnast away from her sport.

  Shawn Johnson

  Sports, Done, Gymnast

  "Shawn Johnson training for 2012". Interview with Amy Van Deusen, www.espn.com. May 10, 2011.

• I missed being considered an athlete and having that competitive drive, and missed having something to work for every day. I'd taken two and a half years away from the sport and was out of shape. I wanted to get back to where I was in 2008.

  Shawn Johnson

  Sports, Taken, Athlete

  "Shawn Johnson training for 2012". Interview with Amy Van Deusen, www.espn.com. May 10, 2011.

• Everything for me started with my love of the sport. In society we're losing the fun with kids and pushing success on them too hard. Success comes from fun.

  Shawn Johnson

  Sports, Fun, Kids

• That's the drama of our sport. Our margin of error is so small that anything can happen.

  Shawn Johnson

  Sports, Drama, Errors

  "Shawn Johnson gets more nervous watching Olympic Trials than she did competing". Interview with Maggie Hendricks, ftw.usatoday.com. July 27, 2016.

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