“Well-I don't know if anyone would really ask me to prom.” IfsKnowsWellsAsksAsk MeProm Author:Shawn Johnson
“The body is an amazing machine... If you eat the right things your body will perform incredibly well!” IfsWellsBodyMachinesYour BodyRight Thing Author:Shawn Johnson
“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.” IfsWantFeelsEnoughLastsSpiritOpportunityGivenTeamShotsCompetitionAthleteBreatheUsaOlympicsTeam Spirit Author:Shawn Johnson
“In some ways the ACL tear was a blessing. I had hesitated to return to elite gymnastics after the 2008 Olympics. I told myself I had already accomplished so much, and the road was just going to get harder if I continued.” IfsWayTearsReturnBlessingHarderAccomplishedElitesOlympicsGymnastics Author:Shawn Johnson
“I feel like if you compare the commentary, what's covered with female athletics, as with men. On any given day, if a guy competes, you're going to critique his technique and his performance, training. With a girl, you don't do the same thing. You might mention a little bit of that, but you're also going to get what she was wearing, how she performed, what she looked like. I feel like it should be the same.” IfsMenFeelsShouldLittlesMightGuyGirlGivenBitsLittle BitTrainingFemalePerformancesTechniqueCompareCoveredCritiqueAthleticsCommentary Author:Shawn Johnson
“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.” PeopleIfsLongPowerfulKnownToo MuchAthleteArtisticFlexibleSteroidGymnast Author:Shawn Johnson
“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.” IfsThinkingWantHardMotivationalSportsLosesSpecialNervousNervesGymRoutineGymnasticsBetter Than You Author:Shawn Johnson
“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!” IfsThinkingWantGoalTrainOlympicsSetting GoalsGymnastics Author:Shawn Johnson
“When I was younger, my coach, Liang Chow, made all the decisions. I would go to the gym for practice, do exactly what Chow told me to do, go home, come back and start all over again. If Chow told me to do 50 squat jumps, I did 50 squat jumps.” IfsMadeHomeDecisionPracticeCoachesGymSquat Author:Shawn Johnson
