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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. "
Shawn Johnson
Kind
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" Staying healthy and consistent is paramount. "
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" 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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" 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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" 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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" I don't want to be all power and muscle. "
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" I don't know where I'm really going to cha cha, but hopefully I can find a place. "
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" I still can't believe I'm an Olympic athlete. "
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" I pay attention to my diet to be a healthier gymnast, but I'm not obsessive over it. "
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" I have a chaperone everywhere I go - my mom. "
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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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" 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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" Gymnastics is so complex. "
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" I need to learn how to face challenges. "
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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.' "
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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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" 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 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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Back
Day
" I started taking gymnastic classes when I was 3 years old. "
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" My approach to gymnastics in Beijing was heavily based on the amount of difficulty I could do. "
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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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" 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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Done
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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. "
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" People put too much emphasis on looks. "
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" It's about putting in the hours and going through the paces. "
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" I fell in love with running, and I finally have time to do it now. "
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" 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. "
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" I know how much more I need to do to be where I want. "
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" I've never had a teammate competing with me my whole life. "
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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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