A comeback in gymnastics is almost impossible in itself.
Shawn Johnson
After 13 years of hard landings in gymnastics, one ski run had delivered the biggest injury of my career.
Shawn Johnson
Gymnastics taught me everything - life lessons, responsibility and discipline and respect.
Shawn Johnson
I always feel like I'm the young one, I'm the small one.
Shawn Johnson
I always have someone to look up to, and I think it helps me with motivating myself.
Shawn Johnson
I didn't make it a priority, and as a result my knee didn't heal to the extent it should have.
Shawn Johnson
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.
Shawn Johnson
I don't know where I'm really going to cha cha, but hopefully I can find a place.
Shawn Johnson
I had a constant fear, a constant little doubt in my mind: 'OK, I'm getting ready to do my standing back full on beam and I might re-tear my ACL.'
Shawn Johnson
I had surgery to repair the ACL in February 2010 and was back in the gym by June, but rushed things too quickly and ended up re-tearing my MCL in September.
Shawn Johnson
I have a lot of expectations and a lot of goals I want to fulfill, but the biggest dream is still to make the Olympic team for London.
Shawn Johnson
I know how much more I need to do to be where I want.
Shawn Johnson
I need to learn how to face challenges.
Shawn Johnson
I started from zero and went back to the basics in gymnastics.
Shawn Johnson
I still can't believe I'm an Olympic athlete.
Shawn Johnson
I told myself after 2008 that I was done for good. But they say you can't keep a gymnast away from her sport.
Shawn Johnson
I was able to do Classics, the U.S. national championships and the Pan American Games and feel like I improved with each meet, but I was still struggling with a lot of residual pain from the two surgeries.
Shawn Johnson
I'm pleased to say my knee feels a lot better. It's still not back to normal, and I don't know if it ever will be, but I'm learning to deal with it instead of expecting it to be like it was before.
Shawn Johnson
I'm trying to stay as calm as possible and focus one day at a time, but when reality sets in, I feel everything: anxiety, excitement, nerves, pressure and joy.
Shawn Johnson
I've never had a teammate competing with me my whole life.
Shawn Johnson
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