Shawn Johnson Quotes

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• Gymnastics has made me strong. I feel like it broke me down to my lowest point, but at the same time, it has given me…
• As long as you've done your best, making mistakes doesn't matter. You and I are human; we will mess up. What counts is learning from…
• I don't call them sacrifices. I call them exchanges.
• Gymnastics is not only a good thing to live by, but it is important to understand how it does help you in life.
• Image isn't everything, It's what comes from your heart, and what you learn and what you say and how you act that means more than…
• If you lose the nerves, you lose the sport.
• I don't think I've ever not gotten nervous. When you work so hard for one special day or routine, you want to perform it better…
• I know how much more I need to do to be where I want.
• 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…
• Something my mom taught me when I was little is that everything happens for a reason.
• I started taking gymnastic classes when I was 3 years old.
• I pay attention to my diet to be a healthier gymnast, but I'm not obsessive over it.
• 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…
• Were taught at such a young age that you can always be better and that youre never perfect and that youre never good enough.
• With literature, sometimes a book is presented in the media as being say, a Muslim story or an African story, when essentially it's a universal…
• 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…
• 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…
• 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.
• 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…

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