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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
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Shawn Johnson
Age: 32
Born: 1992
Born: January 19
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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.
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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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It's been strange and weird watching the other girls at the U.S. Olympic trials just because I was training to be out there myself.
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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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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.
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I live for Pilates reformer class. I go at least three times a week. It's a great way to lengthen your muscles, stretch, and kind of relax your mind.
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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.
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Staying healthy and consistent is paramount.
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I don't want to be all power and muscle.
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I know how much more I need to do to be where I want.
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I love lean meats like chicken, turkey. I'm obsessed with sushi and fish in general. I eat a lot of veggies and hummus.
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I always have someone to look up to, and I think it helps me with motivating myself.
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Of course, when you're training your whole life to get to the Olympics, you train for gold.
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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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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!
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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 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 than you ever have. We always say at our gym, If you lose the nerves, you lose the sport.
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I have a chaperone everywhere I go - my mom.
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People put too much emphasis on looks.
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There's always a chance. Anything can happen.
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