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" 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! "

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" 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

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

" 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. "

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

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

" I know how much more I need to do to be where I want. "

Shawn Johnson

Know

Where

" 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! "

" 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. "

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

Shawn Johnson

Challenges

Need

" Of course, when you're training your whole life to get to the Olympics, you train for gold. "

" I've never had a teammate competing with me my whole life. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

Shawn Johnson

Home

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

" Staying healthy and consistent is paramount. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" I want to go to college, obviously go to London and just kind of figure out the rest of my life. "

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

Shawn Johnson

Responsibility

Life

" People put too much emphasis on looks. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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

Tough

" 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. "

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

Shawn Johnson

Mom

Everywhere

" 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

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

" I usually work out 4 hours a day during the week and 5 to 6 hours on Saturday, with Sundays off. "