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
training olympics skiing
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.
training gold olympics
Of course, when you're training your whole life to get to the Olympics, you train for gold.
gymnastics people olympics
People only see gymnastics on TV and in the Olympics at such an extreme. So it can be intimidating.
funny lucky olympics
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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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.
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.