Quote

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

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Shawn Johnson
Age: 32
Born: 1992
Born: January 19
Artistic Gymnast
Athlete
Gymnast
Des Moines
Iowa
Shawn Machel Johnson East
Shawn Johnson
Shawn Machel Johnson
Prevent
Lifestyle
Healthy
Nothing
Something
Really
Ankle
Like
Ankles
Rolling

More quotes by Shawn Johnson

Image
I have a chaperone everywhere I go - my mom.
Shawn Johnson
Image
Gymnastics is so complex.
Shawn Johnson
Image
A comeback in gymnastics is almost impossible in itself.
Shawn Johnson
Image
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
Image
Hot yoga is the best. When you're in [class], there are no cell phones, no talking, no distractions. You're taking a leave from reality for an hour or so.
Shawn Johnson
Image
I started taking gymnastic classes when I was 3 years old.
Shawn Johnson
Image
People only see gymnastics on TV and in the Olympics at such an extreme. So it can be intimidating.
Shawn Johnson
Image
It's nearly every country's tactic to keep their greatest competitors a secret.
Shawn Johnson
Image
People put too much emphasis on looks.
Shawn Johnson
Image
Everybody sacrifices something in an attempt to reach what they think society wants.
Shawn Johnson
Image
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 can't make it to the Olympics if you don't train!
Shawn Johnson
Image
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
Image
I was always known as that stocky, muscular, powerful, short, athlete. People always wondered if I was on steroids, and it was because I wasn't that long and lean, flexible, artistic gymnast. It didn't affect me too much but it got to the point where I tried to be that long and lean gymnast, and it just wasn't possible.
Shawn Johnson
Image
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 story which we can all relate to it, no matter what race or social background we come from
Shawn Johnson
Image
After 13 years of hard landings in gymnastics, one ski run had delivered the biggest injury of my career.
Shawn Johnson
Image
I feel like when there's so much conversation about women's athletics right now, we need to focus on their performance and their skill.
Shawn Johnson
Image
My other life keeps me calm and grounded and normal.
Shawn Johnson
Image
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
Image
Staying healthy and consistent is paramount.
Shawn Johnson
Image
I fell in love with running, and I finally have time to do it now.
Shawn Johnson