Shawn Johnson Quotes - Page 2

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• In some ways the ACL tear was a blessing. I had hesitated to return to elite gymnastics after the 2008 Olympics. I told myself I had already accomplished so much, and the road was just going to get harder if I continued.

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  Gymnastics, Blessing, Tears

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• Staying healthy and consistent is paramount.

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  Fitness Motivational, Healthy, Consistent

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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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  Gymnastics, Two, Training

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

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• I was under pressure because of what people were saying about my physique.

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  People, Pressure, Under Pressure

  "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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• Retiring was scary and it was tough to give up gymnastics, but so many great opportunities have come from it that I never expected.

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  Retirement, Giving Up, Gymnastics

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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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  Reality, Focus, Joy

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• Were taught at such a young age that you can always be better and that youre never perfect and that youre never good enough.

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  Birthday, Perfect, Age

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• It sounds funny, but the 2008 Olympics were something that just kind of happened, and I was lucky they came at a point when I was uninjured and well prepared. As a gymnast, you can't ask for much more.

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  Funny, Sound, Lucky

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• I have a lot of expectations and a lot of goals I want to fulfill, but the biggest dream is still to make the Olympic team for London.

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  Dream, Team, Goal

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• It's been strange and weird watching the other girls at the U.S. Olympic trials just because I was training to be out there myself.

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  Girl, Training, Trials

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• Well-I don't know if anyone would really ask me to prom.

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  Prom, Ask Me, Wells

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• I set my phone with motivational quotes to go off on random days and times. Like, 'You're stronger than you think you are.' I'll forget about it, then one will pop up and it'll give me a little boost.

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  Thinking, Phones, Giving

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

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  Sports, Done, Gymnast

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

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• With literature, sometimes a book is presented in the media as being say, a Muslim story or an African story, when essentially it's a universal story which we can all relate to it, no matter what race or social background we come from

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  Book, Race, Media

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• I love lean meats like chicken, turkey. I'm obsessed with sushi and fish in general. I eat a lot of veggies and hummus.

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  Turkeys, Meat, Sushi

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• I get less and less sleep these days, so when I have any down time all I want to do is sleep!

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  Sleep, Want, These Days

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• I fell in love with running, and I finally have time to do it now.

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  Running

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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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  Home, Practice, Decision

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• I don't want to be all power and muscle.

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  Want, Muscles

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

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• I have a chaperone everywhere I go - my mom.

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  Mom, My Mom, Chaperones

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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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  Healthy, Rolling, Ankles

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• I had a constant fear, a constant little doubt in my mind: 'OK, I'm getting ready to do my standing back full on beam and I might re-tear my ACL.'

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  Doubt, Mind, Tears

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• When it comes to gymnastics, you can be 30 points ahead going into that competition, but on that day, it's all about luck. It's about who has a good day, who stays healthy, it's how happy the judges are that day, there are so many different factors.

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  Good Day, Gymnastics, Judging

  "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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• After 13 years of hard landings in gymnastics, one ski run had delivered the biggest injury of my career.

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  Running, Gymnastics, Years

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• I feel like when there's so much conversation about women's athletics right now, we need to focus on their performance and their skill.

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  Skills, Focus, Needs

  "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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