Shawn Johnson
Shawn Johnson
Shawn Machel Johnsonis an American retired artistic gymnast. She is the 2008 Olympic balance beam gold medalist and team, all-around and floor exercise silver medalist. Johnson is also a five-time Pan American Games gold medalist, winning the team titles in 2007 and 2011, as well as titles in the all-around, uneven bars, and balance beam in 2007...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAthlete
Date of Birth19 January 1992
CountryUnited States of America
sports taken athlete
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.
believe athlete olympic-athlete
I still can't believe I'm an Olympic athlete.
team athlete opportunity
In 2008 I didn't take it all in enough. I was so wrapped up in just the competition that I missed what was going on around me. If I am given that opportunity again to go to the Olympics and be an athlete I want to take it all in because I feel like this is my last shot and I want to feel the team spirit. I want to really live and breathe the USA.
powerful athlete long
I was always known as that stocky, muscular, powerful, short, athlete. People always wondered if I was on steroids, and it was because I wasn't that long and lean, flexible, artistic gymnast. It didn't affect me too much but it got to the point where I tried to be that long and lean gymnast, and it just wasn't possible.
athlete doubt body
To have any doubt in your body is the biggest weakness an athlete can have.
hurt athlete thinking
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.'
buying earnings folks great investors providing worried
The short-term folks that are worried about earnings are providing us long-term investors some great buying opportunities,
care immediate meet needs problem storm taken time took
The storm took place on the 29th and to say as of today, that's a long time to say I'm going to meet your needs, immediate needs. My immediate needs should have been taken care of a long time ago, so that's a problem for me.
dug lead ourselves playing second strictly
Even the whole second half, we dug ourselves out of a 13-point lead (at the half), strictly by playing defense.
came far sure
The test, as far as the intangibles go, was that we wanted to make sure that we came out with a lot of energy, and defensively we did that.
hours sundays work
I usually work out 4 hours a day during the week and 5 to 6 hours on Saturday, with Sundays off.
bad sound
That's the thing about Mill, you don't want to sound bad there.
I don't know where I'm really going to cha cha, but hopefully I can find a place.
came changed fixed guess head knowing next perfectly realizing saturday work
I guess I probably came in with kind of a big head and that I would still do good, ... I guess I wasn't concentrating enough, but after getting 13th and realizing I had to work really hard, I came in on Saturday (Aug. 13) knowing what I had to do. There were little things I could have done better (on Thursday). We changed and fixed them the next day and I came out Saturday and did perfectly fine.