Shawn Johnson Quotes

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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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  Perseverance, Mistake, Gymnastics

  Shawn Johnson (2012). “Winning Balance: What I’ve Learned So Far about Love, Faith, and Living Your Dreams”, p.62, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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• Stay strong. Stand up. Have a voice.

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  Stay Strong, Strong, Voice

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• Gymnastics taught me everything - life lessons, responsibility and discipline and respect.

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  Life Lesson, Responsibility, Gymnastics

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• Image isn't everything, It's what comes from your heart, and what you learn and what you say and how you act that means more than anything.

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  Heart, Mean, Gymnastics

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• Everybody sacrifices something in an attempt to reach what they think society wants.

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  Sacrifice, Thinking, Want

  "Shawn Johnson gets more nervous watching Olympic Trials than she did competing". Interview with Maggie Hendricks, ftw.usatoday.com. July 27, 2016.

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• Don't force anything. Find what you love and stick with it.

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  Sticks, Force, What You Love

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• To have any doubt in your body is the biggest weakness an athlete can have. There are times when I physically can't get myself to go for a skill because I'm thinking, 'My knee hurts really bad.'

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  Hurt, Athlete, Thinking

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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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  Strong, Gymnastics, Broke

  "Gymnastic Gold: Interview with Shawn Johnson and Her Mom, Teri". Interview by Ilyssa Panitz, www.parents.com.

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• The body is an amazing machine... If you eat the right things your body will perform incredibly well!

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  Machines, Body, Wells

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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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  Sports, Fun, Kids

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• I don't call them sacrifices. I call them exchanges.

  Shawn Johnson

  Gymnastics, Sacrifice

  "Gymnastic Gold: Interview with Shawn Johnson and Her Mom, Teri". Interview by Ilyssa Panitz, www.parents.com.

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• To have any doubt in your body is the biggest weakness an athlete can have.

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  Athlete, Doubt, Weakness

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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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  Motivational, Sports, Gymnastics

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

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  Chance, Anything Can Happen, Happens

  "Shawn Johnson gets more nervous watching Olympic Trials than she did competing". Interview with Maggie Hendricks, ftw.usatoday.com. July 27, 2016.

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• Critique the performance, and respect the hard work put in.

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  Hard Work, Critique, Performances

  "Shawn Johnson gets more nervous watching Olympic Trials than she did competing". Interview with Maggie Hendricks, ftw.usatoday.com. July 27, 2016.

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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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  Attention, Pay, Gymnast

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• I was at the Olympic Games winning medals and I still doubted my image. I doubted what I looked like. That's sad.

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  Winning, Games, Stills

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• Injury taught me I need to learn how to face challenges.

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  Challenges, Needs, Faces

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• Everything is about your movements and precision and timing, which is what gymnastics is about.

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  Gymnastics, Movement, Timing

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• Of course, when you're training your whole life to get to the Olympics, you train for gold.

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  Training, Gold, Olympics

  Shawn Johnson (2012). “Winning Balance: What I’ve Learned So Far about Love, Faith, and Living Your Dreams”, p.115, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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• I fell in love with gymnastics. I love what I do now. I work with people that I love to be around. Success comes from that.

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  Gymnastics, People

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• Something my mom taught me when I was little is that everything happens for a reason. Retiring was scary and it was tough to give up gymnastics, but so many great opportunities have come from it that I never expected. And those wouldn't have happened had I not accepted my injury as a way to try something new.

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  Mom, Giving Up, Gymnastics

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• I had surgery to repair the ACL in February 2010 and was back in the gym by June, but rushed things too quickly and ended up re-tearing my MCL in September.

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  June, September, February

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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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  Gymnastics, Important, Doe

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• I think it's important for girls at a young age to be involved in as many things as possible. Especially safe communities of people that teach them great life lessons like self-confidence and courage. And getting girls to go to camp especially in the summer where they can meet new friends, learn new things, and not just sit at home and watch TV.

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  Summer, Girl, Life Lesson

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