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My other life keeps me calm and grounded and normal.
Shawn Johnson
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Shawn Johnson
Age: 32
Born: 1992
Born: January 19
Artistic Gymnast
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Des Moines
Iowa
Shawn Machel Johnson East
Shawn Johnson
Shawn Machel Johnson
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People only see gymnastics on TV and in the Olympics at such an extreme. So it can be intimidating.
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There's always a chance. Anything can happen.
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I fell in love with running, and I finally have time to do it now.
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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.
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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 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.
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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.
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I still can't believe I'm an Olympic athlete.
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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!
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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 go for a skill because I'm thinking, 'My knee hurts really bad.'
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A comeback in gymnastics is almost impossible in itself.
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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 point when I was uninjured and well prepared. As a gymnast, you can't ask for much more.
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