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
thinking phones giving
I set my phone with motivational quotes to go off on random days and times. Like, 'You're stronger than you think you are.' I'll forget about it, then one will pop up and it'll give me a little boost.
gymnastics thinking goal
I think about my goals. There were a lot of times in gymnastics when I really didn't want to go in and train, but you can't make it to the Olympics if you don't train!
thinking looks helping
I always have someone to look up to, and I think it helps me with motivating myself.
sacrifice thinking
Everybody sacrifices something in an attempt to reach what they think society wants.
sports gymnastics thinking
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.
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.