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Shawn Johnson

Basketball Player

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Shawn Johnson is a basketball player, best known for Winning Balance.

Quick Facts About Shawn Johnson

Profession: Basketball Player
Notable works: Winning Balance

About Shawn Johnson

Shawn Johnson East is an American former artistic gymnast. She is the 2008 Olympic balance beam gold medalist and team, all-around and floor exercise silver medalist. Johnson is also the 2007 all-around World Champion, and a five-time Pan American Games gold medalist, winning the team titles in 2007 and 2011, as well as titles in the all-around, uneven bars, and balance beam in 2007.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Shawn Johnson

My parents- they've been my biggest influences and supporters since day one. They teach me every day that happiness comes from within…

Been

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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…

Beam

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Stay strong. Stand up. Have a voice.

Stay strong

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“I understand that nothing is easy. I say everything happens for a reason. I dream of one day the world is in…

Happens for a reason

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

Body

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I set my phone with motivational quotes to go off on random days and times. Like, 'You're stronger than you think you…

Boost

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I was always known as that stocky, muscular, powerful, short, athlete. People always wondered if I was on steroids, and it was…

Artistic

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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…

Coaches

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There's always a chance. Anything can happen.

Anything can happen

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I think it's important for girls at a young age to be involved in as many things as possible. Especially safe communities…

Age

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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…

Athlete

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

Discipline

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

Everything happens for a reason

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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.

Ankles

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I was able to do Classics, the U.S. national championships and the Pan American Games and feel like I improved with each…

Able

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My approach to gymnastics in Beijing was heavily based on the amount of difficulty I could do.

Amount

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I don't think I've ever not gotten nervous. When you work so hard for one special day or routine, you want to…

Better than you

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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!

Sleep

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Don't force anything. Find what you love and stick with it.

Force

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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…

Funny

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

Find

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Injury taught me I need to learn how to face challenges.

Challenges

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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.

Done

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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…

Age

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I'm trying to stay as calm as possible and focus one day at a time, but when reality sets in, I feel…

Anxiety

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Gymnastics (25) Sports (11) Want (9) Olympics (8) Life (8)