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" People put too much emphasis on looks. "
Shawn Johnson
Too Much
Looks
Much
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" I started from zero and went back to the basics in gymnastics. "
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" When I was 3 my parents put me in gymnastics because I was a bundle of energy and they just didn't know what to do with me! They put me in a Tots class and I just fell in love with it. "
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" I usually work out 4 hours a day during the week and 5 to 6 hours on Saturday, with Sundays off. "
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Work
" 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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Week
" 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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Like
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" I always have someone to look up to, and I think it helps me with motivating myself. "
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Always
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" Staying healthy and consistent is paramount. "
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Paramount
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" I've never had a teammate competing with me my whole life. "
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Never
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" I'm trying to stay as calm as possible and focus one day at a time, but when reality sets in, I feel everything: anxiety, excitement, nerves, pressure and joy. "
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Joy
Time
" Everything is about your movements and precision and timing, which is what gymnastics is about. "
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Precision
Everything
Your
" We're taught at such a young age that you can always be better and that you're never perfect and that you're never good enough. "
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You
Age
Perfect
" 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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Funny
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" I fell in love with running, and I finally have time to do it now. "
Shawn Johnson
Time
Running
Now
" 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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They Say
Done
Good
" I don't want to be all power and muscle. "
Shawn Johnson
Muscle
Want
Power
" It might have been easier to retire, to say my knee couldn't handle it and let that be that. At the same time, the prospect of not being able to compete in gymnastics anymore was heartbreaking. "
Shawn Johnson
Say
Retire
Compete
" Of course, when you're training your whole life to get to the Olympics, you train for gold. "
Shawn Johnson
Gold
Your
You
" Retiring was scary and it was tough to give up gymnastics, but so many great opportunities have come from it that I never expected. "
Shawn Johnson
Opportunities
Up
Tough
" People only see gymnastics on TV and in the Olympics at such an extreme. So it can be intimidating. "
Shawn Johnson
Only
TV
Extreme
" I had a constant fear, a constant little doubt in my mind: 'OK, I'm getting ready to do my standing back full on beam and I might re-tear my ACL.' "
Shawn Johnson
Ready
Back
Doubt
" Something my mom taught me when I was little is that everything happens for a reason. "
Shawn Johnson
Me
Everything
Little
" I don't feel like a star; I never have. I don't feel like a star; I never have. I always feel like I'm the young one, I'm the small one. I always have someone to look up to, and I think it helps me with motivating myself. "
Shawn Johnson
Feel
Small
Think
" Gymnastics taught me everything - life lessons, responsibility and discipline and respect. "
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Responsibility
Life
Me
" I know how much more I need to do to be where I want. "
Shawn Johnson
Know
Where
More
" Every year I just kept going back to gymnastics, but I didn't start out training 10 hours a day. When I turned 10 or 11, I got more serious and I focused a lot on making it to the elite level, and from there I just kept going. "
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Training
Start
Back
" I need to learn how to face challenges. "
Shawn Johnson
Challenges
Need
Learn
" Injury taught me I need to learn how to face challenges. "
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Challenges
Need
Me
" My other life keeps me calm and grounded and normal. "
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Calm
Me
Normal
" 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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Two
Back
Day
" My coach, Liang Chow, had one rule while I was training for the 2008 Olympics: no skiing. I could do anything I wanted outside the gym, he said, except ski. "
Shawn Johnson
Skiing
Training
Said