Gymnastics taught me everything - life lessons, responsibility and discipline and respect. — Shawn Johnson Copy Share Image
People only see gymnastics on TV and in the Olympics at such an extreme. — Shawn Johnson Copy Share Image
My approach to gymnastics in Beijing was heavily based on the amount of difficulty I could do. — Shawn Johnson Copy Share Image
People only see gymnastics on TV and in the Olympics at such an extreme. So it can be intimidating. — Shawn Johnson Copy Share Image
“Everything about ypur movements precision and timing, which is what gymnastics is about.” — Shawn Johnson Copy Share Image
Retiring was scary and it was tough to give up gymnastics, but so many great opportunities have come from it that I… — Shawn Johnson Copy Share Image
Gymnastics is not only a good thing to live by, but it is important to understand how it does help you in… — Shawn Johnson Copy Share Image
I'm doing four hours of gymnastics training a day, six days a week and then an extra two to three hours in… — Shawn Johnson Copy Share Image
Gymnastics has made me strong. I feel like it broke me down to my lowest point, but at the same time, it… — Shawn Johnson Copy Share Image
I told myself after 2008 that I was done for good. But they say you can't keep a gymnast away from her sport. — Shawn Johnson Copy Share Image
As long as you've done your best, making mistakes doesn't matter. You and I are human; we will mess up. What counts… — Shawn Johnson Copy Share Image
I fell in love with gymnastics. I love what I do now. I work with people that I love to be around.… — Shawn Johnson Copy Share Image
Image isn't everything, It's what comes from your heart, and what you learn and what you say and how you act that… — Shawn Johnson Copy Share Image
Every year I just kept going back to gymnastics, but I didn't start out training 10 hours a day. When I turned… — Shawn Johnson Copy Share Image
When it comes to gymnastics, you can be 30 points ahead going into that competition, but on that day, it's all about… — Shawn Johnson Copy Share Image
I don't think I've ever not gotten nervous. When you work so hard for one special day or routine, you want to… — Shawn Johnson Copy Share Image
In some ways the ACL tear was a blessing. I had hesitated to return to elite gymnastics after the 2008 Olympics. I… — Shawn Johnson Copy Share Image
Something my mom taught me when I was little is that everything happens for a reason. Retiring was scary and it was… — Shawn Johnson Copy Share Image
Everything is about your movements and precision and timing, which is what gymnastics is about. — Shawn Johnson Copy Share Image
When I was 3 my parents put me in gymnastics because I was a bundle of energy and they just didn't know… — Shawn Johnson Copy Share Image
After 13 years of hard landings in gymnastics, one ski run had delivered the biggest injury of my career. — Shawn Johnson Copy Share Image
It might have been easier to retire, to say my knee couldn't handle it and let that be that. At the same… — Shawn Johnson Copy Share Image
I think about my goals. There were a lot of times in gymnastics when I really didn't want to go in and… — Shawn Johnson Copy Share Image
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… — Shawn Johnson Copy Share
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… — Shawn Johnson Copy Share
“I understand that nothing is easy. I say everything happens for a reason. I dream of one day the world is in peace. I… — Shawn Johnson Copy Share
The body is an amazing machine... If you eat the right things your body will perform incredibly well! — Shawn Johnson Copy Share
I set my phone with motivational quotes to go off on random days and times. Like, 'You're stronger than you think you are.' I'll… — Shawn Johnson Copy Share
I was always known as that stocky, muscular, powerful, short, athlete. People always wondered if I was on steroids, and it was because I… — Shawn Johnson Copy Share
My coach, Liang Chow, had one rule while I was training for the 2008 Olympics: no skiing. I could do anything I wanted outside… — Shawn Johnson Copy Share
I think it's important for girls at a young age to be involved in as many things as possible. Especially safe communities of people… — Shawn Johnson Copy Share
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… — Shawn Johnson Copy Share
Gymnastics taught me everything - life lessons, responsibility and discipline and respect. — Shawn Johnson Copy Share
Something my mom taught me when I was little is that everything happens for a reason. — Shawn Johnson Copy Share
I have a healthy lifestyle, but there's nothing you can really do to prevent from rolling an ankle or something like that. — Shawn Johnson Copy Share
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… — Shawn Johnson Copy Share
