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" It's about putting in the hours and going through the paces. "
Shawn Johnson
About
Putting
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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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" 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 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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" I was at the Olympic Games winning medals and I still doubted my image. I doubted what I looked like. That's sad. "
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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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" 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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" 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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" My knee is almost back to normal. I am back in training. "
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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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" I started from zero and went back to the basics in gymnastics. "
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" 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. "
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Said
" 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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Three
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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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More
" I don't want to be all power and muscle. "
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Want
Power
" 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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" After 13 years of hard landings in gymnastics, one ski run had delivered the biggest injury of my career. "
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" The body is an amazing machine... If you eat the right things your body will perform incredibly well! "
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Right
" 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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Time
" 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 always feel like I'm the young one, I'm the small one. "
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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'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 didn't make it a priority, and as a result my knee didn't heal to the extent it should have. "
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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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" I still can't believe I'm an Olympic athlete. "
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" People put too much emphasis on looks. "
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