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Injury taught me I need to learn how to face challenges.
Shawn Johnson
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Shawn Johnson
Age: 32
Born: 1992
Born: January 19
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Iowa
Shawn Machel Johnson East
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It's nearly every country's tactic to keep their greatest competitors a secret.
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I don't want to be all power and muscle.
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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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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 was under pressure because of what people were saying about my physique.
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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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Gymnastics is not only a good thing to live by, but it is important to understand how it does help you in life.
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Everything for me started with my love of the sport. In society we're losing the fun with kids and pushing success on them too hard. Success comes from fun.
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There's always a chance. Anything can happen.
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My other life keeps me calm and grounded and normal.
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Gymnastics has made me strong. I feel like it broke me down to my lowest point, but at the same time, it has given me the greatest strength anyone could ask for.
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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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