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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Retiring was scary and it was tough to give up gymnastics, but so many great opportunities have come from it that I never expected.

Shawn Johnson

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

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

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 was uninjured and well prepared. As a gymnast, you can't ask for much more.

Shawn Johnson

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

Shawn Johnson

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

Shawn Johnson

My other life keeps me calm and grounded and normal.

Shawn Johnson

I want to go to college, obviously go to London and just kind of figure out the rest of my life.

Shawn Johnson

Of course, when you're training your whole life to get to the Olympics, you train for gold.

Shawn Johnson

I'm pleased to say my knee feels a lot better. It's still not back to normal, and I don't know if it ever will be, but I'm learning to deal with it instead of expecting it to be like it was before.

Shawn Johnson

It might have been easier to retire, to say my knee couldn't handle it and let that be that. At the same time, the prospect of not being able to compete in gymnastics anymore was heartbreaking.

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.

Shawn Johnson

I get less and less sleep these days, so when I have any down time all I want to do is sleep!

Shawn Johnson

I don't want to be all power and muscle.

Shawn Johnson

I was at the Olympic Games winning medals and I still doubted my image. I doubted what I looked like. That's sad.

Shawn Johnson

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 half years away from the sport and was out of shape. I wanted to get back to where I was in 2008.

Shawn Johnson

When I was 3 my parents put me in gymnastics because I was a bundle of energy and they just didn't know what to do with me! They put me in a Tots class and I just fell in love with it.

Shawn Johnson

I fell in love with running, and I finally have time to do it now.

Shawn Johnson

I love lean meats like chicken, turkey. I'm obsessed with sushi and fish in general. I eat a lot of veggies and hummus.

Shawn Johnson

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

Shawn Johnson

I have a chaperone everywhere I go - my mom.

Shawn Johnson

Author Bio

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