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" Everything is about your movements and precision and timing, which is what gymnastics is about. "
Shawn Johnson
Precision
Everything
Your
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" A typical practice consists of practicing every event for about an hour. A lot of people assume I have private coaching, but I work out with 13 other girls at the gym! "
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Gym
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" I always have someone to look up to, and I think it helps me with motivating myself. "
Shawn Johnson
Always
Look
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" My parents- they've been my biggest influences and supporters since day one. They teach me every day that happiness comes from within and not from something outside of your heart. "
Shawn Johnson
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Me
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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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Media
Literature
" To have any doubt in your body is the biggest weakness an athlete can have. There are times when I physically can't get myself to go for a skill because I'm thinking, 'My knee hurts really bad.' "
Shawn Johnson
Body
Thinking
Myself
" I think about my goals. There were a lot of times in gymnastics when I really didn't want to go in and train, but you can't make it to the Olympics if you don't train! "
Shawn Johnson
You
Train
Want
" I'm pleased to say my knee feels a lot better. It's still not back to normal, and I don't know if it ever will be, but I'm learning to deal with it instead of expecting it to be like it was before. "
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Will
Say
Learning
" We're taught at such a young age that you can always be better and that you're never perfect and that you're never good enough. "
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You
Age
Perfect
" I started taking gymnastic classes when I was 3 years old. "
Shawn Johnson
Years
Started
Old
" I don't want to be all power and muscle. "
Shawn Johnson
Muscle
Want
Power
" I know how much more I need to do to be where I want. "
Shawn Johnson
Know
Where
More
" 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. "
Shawn Johnson
Feel
Two
Pain
" I always feel like I'm the young one, I'm the small one. "
Shawn Johnson
Young
Small
Feel
" I need to learn how to face challenges. "
Shawn Johnson
Challenges
Need
Learn
" I have a chaperone everywhere I go - my mom. "
Shawn Johnson
Mom
Go
Everywhere
" 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.' "
Shawn Johnson
Ready
Back
Doubt
" I don't know where I'm really going to cha cha, but hopefully I can find a place. "
Shawn Johnson
I Can
Find
Place
" It might have been easier to retire, to say my knee couldn't handle it and let that be that. At the same time, the prospect of not being able to compete in gymnastics anymore was heartbreaking. "
Shawn Johnson
Say
Retire
Compete
" My approach to gymnastics in Beijing was heavily based on the amount of difficulty I could do. "
Shawn Johnson
Difficulty
Could
Gymnastics
" 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. "
Shawn Johnson
Anxiety
Joy
Time
" I live for Pilates reformer class. I go at least three times a week. It's a great way to lengthen your muscles, stretch, and kind of relax your mind. "
Shawn Johnson
Great
Three
Week
" Retiring was scary and it was tough to give up gymnastics, but so many great opportunities have come from it that I never expected. "
Shawn Johnson
Opportunities
Up
Tough
" 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
They Say
Done
Good
" 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. "
Shawn Johnson
Funny
Kind
More
" People put too much emphasis on looks. "
Shawn Johnson
Too Much
Looks
Much
" Gymnastics is so complex. "
Shawn Johnson
Gymnastics
Complex
" Every year I just kept going back to gymnastics, but I didn't start out training 10 hours a day. When I turned 10 or 11, I got more serious and I focused a lot on making it to the elite level, and from there I just kept going. "
Shawn Johnson
Training
Start
Back
" I usually work out 4 hours a day during the week and 5 to 6 hours on Saturday, with Sundays off. "
Shawn Johnson
Off
Saturday
Work
" A comeback in gymnastics is almost impossible in itself. "
Shawn Johnson
Impossible
Gymnastics
Almost
" I was at the Olympic Games winning medals and I still doubted my image. I doubted what I looked like. That's sad. "
Shawn Johnson
Medals
Winning
Image