Quotes by Shawn Johnson

About Shawn Johnson:

Shawn Machel Johnson is a retired American artistic gymnast. She is the 2008 Olympic balance beam gold medalist and team, all-around and floor exercise silver medalist.
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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 good enough.

Shawn Johnson

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

Shawn Johnson

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

Shawn Johnson

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

Shawn Johnson

A comeback in gymnastics is almost impossible in itself.

Shawn Johnson

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

Shawn Johnson

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

Shawn Johnson

Stay strong. Stand up. Have a voice.

Shawn Johnson

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

Shawn Johnson

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

Shawn Johnson

I had surgery to repair the ACL in February 2010 and was back in the gym by June, but rushed things too quickly and ended up re-tearing my MCL in September.

Shawn Johnson

In some ways the ACL tear was a blessing. I had hesitated to return to elite gymnastics after the 2008 Olympics. I told myself I had already accomplished so much, and the road was just going to get harder if I continued.

Shawn Johnson

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

Shawn Johnson

People put too much emphasis on looks.

Shawn Johnson

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

Shawn Johnson

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

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

Shawn Johnson

I have a lot of expectations and a lot of goals I want to fulfill, but the biggest dream is still to make the Olympic team for London.

Shawn Johnson

I need to learn how to face challenges.

Shawn Johnson

Staying healthy and consistent is paramount.

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Author Bio

  • NameShawn Johnson
  • Descriptiongymnast
  • BornJanuary 19, 1992
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionSportsperson; Artistic Gymnast