Something my mom taught me when I was little is that everything happens for a reason. Retiring was scary and it was tough to give up gymnastics, but so many great opportunities have come from it that I never expected. And those wouldn't have happened had I not accepted my injury as a way to try something new.
Image isn't everything, It's what comes from your heart, and what you learn and what you say and how you act that means more than anything. - Shawn Johnson
Image isn't everything, It's what comes from your heart, and what you learn and what you say and how you act that means more than anything.
- Shawn Johnson
I don't call them sacrifices. I call them exchanges. - Shawn Johnson
I don't call them sacrifices. I call them exchanges.
Everything for me started with my love of the sport. In society we're losing the fun with kids and pushing success on them too hard. Success comes fr… - Shawn Johnson
Everything for me started with my love of the sport. In society we're losing the fun with kids and pushing success on them too hard. Success comes fr…
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 beca… - Shawn Johnson
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 beca…
Don't force anything. Find what you love and stick with it. - Shawn Johnson
Don't force anything. Find what you love and stick with it.
The body is an amazing machine... If you eat the right things your body will perform incredibly well! - Shawn Johnson
The body is an amazing machine... If you eat the right things your body will perform incredibly well!
Gymnastics taught me everything - life lessons, responsibility and discipline and respect. - Shawn Johnson
Gymnastics taught me everything - life lessons, responsibility and discipline and respect.
Everybody sacrifices something in an attempt to reach what they think society wants. - Shawn Johnson
Everybody sacrifices something in an attempt to reach what they think society wants.
Stay strong. Stand up. Have a voice. - Shawn Johnson
Stay strong. Stand up. Have a voice.
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