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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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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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That's the drama of our sport. Our margin of error is so small that anything can happen.
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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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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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As long as you've done your best, making mistakes doesn't matter. You and I are human we will mess up. What counts is learning from your mistakes and getting back up when life has knocked you down.
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It's nearly every country's tactic to keep their greatest competitors a secret.
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