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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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" 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

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

" I started from zero and went back to the basics in gymnastics. "

" I didn't make it a priority, and as a result my knee didn't heal to the extent it should have. "

" I need to learn how to face challenges. "

" Everything is about your movements and precision and timing, which is what gymnastics is about. "

" People only see gymnastics on TV and in the Olympics at such an extreme. So it can be intimidating. "

Shawn Johnson

Only

Extreme

" 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. "

" 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'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. "

" 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. "

" 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

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

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

" 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.' "

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

Shawn Johnson

Know

Where

" 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! "

" 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. "

" I love lean meats like chicken, turkey. I'm obsessed with sushi and fish in general. I eat a lot of veggies and hummus. "

Shawn Johnson

Love

Chicken

" After 13 years of hard landings in gymnastics, one ski run had delivered the biggest injury of my career. "

" The body is an amazing machine... If you eat the right things your body will perform incredibly well! "

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

" Something my mom taught me when I was little is that everything happens for a reason. "

Shawn Johnson

Everything

Little

" 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. "

" I don't want to be all power and muscle. "

" Staying healthy and consistent is paramount. "

" I don't know where I'm really going to cha cha, but hopefully I can find a place. "

" 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. "

" People put too much emphasis on looks. "