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" I know how much more I need to do to be where I want. "
Shawn Johnson
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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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" 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. "
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" Staying healthy and consistent is paramount. "
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" Of course, when you're training your whole life to get to the Olympics, you train for gold. "
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" I need to learn how to face challenges. "
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" My other life keeps me calm and grounded and normal. "
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" 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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" It's about putting in the hours and going through the paces. "
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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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" I started taking gymnastic classes when I was 3 years old. "
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Started
Old
" 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 want to go to college, obviously go to London and just kind of figure out the rest of my life. "
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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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Years
Career
" 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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Two
Pain
" People put too much emphasis on looks. "
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Much
" I've never had a teammate competing with me my whole life. "
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Life
Never
Teammate
" 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. "
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Great
Three
Week
" Gymnastics taught me everything - life lessons, responsibility and discipline and respect. "
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Responsibility
Life
Me
" 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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Race
Media
Literature
" 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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Ready
Back
Doubt
" 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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Team
Goals
Expectations
" When I was 3 my parents put me in gymnastics because I was a bundle of energy and they just didn't know what to do with me! They put me in a Tots class and I just fell in love with it. "
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Parents
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" 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. "
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Two
Back
Day
" The body is an amazing machine... If you eat the right things your body will perform incredibly well! "
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Amazing
Eat
Right
" 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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Days
" 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.' "
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Thinking
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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 don't want to be all power and muscle. "
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Want
Power