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Everybody sacrifices something in an attempt to reach what they think society wants.
Shawn Johnson
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Shawn Johnson
Age: 32
Born: 1992
Born: January 19
Artistic Gymnast
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Des Moines
Iowa
Shawn Machel Johnson East
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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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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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I told myself after 2008 that I was done for good. But they say you can't keep a gymnast away from her sport.
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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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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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I was under pressure because of what people were saying about my physique.
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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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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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