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I fell in love with running, and I finally have time to do it now.

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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
Fell
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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 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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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.
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A comeback in gymnastics is almost impossible in itself.
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I was able to do Classics, the U.S. national championships and the Pan American Games and feel like I improved with each meet, but I was still struggling with a lot of residual pain from the two surgeries.
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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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Injury taught me I need to learn how to face challenges.
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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 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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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 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 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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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 pay attention to my diet to be a healthier gymnast, but I'm not obsessive over it.
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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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My other life keeps me calm and grounded and normal.
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After 13 years of hard landings in gymnastics, one ski run had delivered the biggest injury of my career.
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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
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