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
zero gymnastics basics
I started from zero and went back to the basics in gymnastics.
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.
best performance preaching since today
We've been preaching (good passing) since the beginning, and today was our best performance this season.
age good taught
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.
elite focused hours kept serious turned year
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.
experience knew learn progress took trying
Experience just took over. You can tell they're a very seasoned team. They knew what to do at the right time. We're still trying to learn how to play with each other, but I like the progress right before the playoffs.
extent
I didn't make it a priority, and as a result my knee didn't heal to the extent it should have.
motivating
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.
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.
biggest happiness influences outside since supporters teach within
My parents- they've been my biggest influences and supporters since day one. They teach me every day that happiness comes from within and not from something outside of your heart.
almost knee
My knee is almost back to normal. I am back in training.
closer parents
The only way we could be closer is if we had the same parents.
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