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I have a chaperone everywhere I go - my mom.

Shawn Johnson

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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
Everywhere
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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'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 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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There's always a chance. Anything can happen.
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