Author: Shawn Johnson

Quotes

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

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

- Shawn Johnson

My other life keeps me calm and grounded and normal.

My other life keeps me calm and grounded and normal.

- Shawn Johnson

To finish off this whole Olympics by finally getting the gold medal, it's the best feeling in the world.

To finish off this whole Olympics by finally getting the gold medal, it's the best feeling in the world.

- Shawn Johnson

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 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.

- Shawn Johnson

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.'

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.'

- Shawn Johnson

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

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

- Shawn Johnson

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

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

- Shawn Johnson

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