Top 94 Quotes & Sayings by Shawn Johnson - Page 2

I fell in love with running, and I finally have time to do it now.

I love lean meats like chicken, turkey. I'm obsessed with sushi and fish in general. I eat a lot of veggies and hummus.

I want to go to college, obviously go to London and just kind of figure out the rest of my life.

It's been strange and weird watching the other girls at the U.S. Olympic trials just because I was training to be out there myself.

That's the drama of our sport. Our margin of error is so small that anything can happen.

Don't force anything. Find what you love and stick with it.

It's nearly every country's tactic to keep their greatest competitors a secret.

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.

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.

When it comes to gymnastics, you can be 30 points ahead going into that competition, but on that day, it's all about luck. It's about who has a good day, who stays healthy, it's how happy the judges are that day, there are so many different factors.

With literature, sometimes a book is presented in the media as being say, a Muslim story or an African story, when essentially it's a universal story which we can all relate to it, no matter what race or social background we come from

I think it's important for girls at a young age to be involved in as many things as possible. Especially safe communities of people that teach them great life lessons like self-confidence and courage. And getting girls to go to camp especially in the summer where they can meet new friends, learn new things, and not just sit at home and watch TV.

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.

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.

I was always trying to be leaner and thinner to fit the standard and the mold.

There's always a chance. Anything can happen.

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.

Everybody sacrifices something in an attempt to reach what they think society wants.

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 from fun.

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.

Gymnastics has made me strong. I feel like it broke me down to my lowest point, but at the same time, it has given me the greatest strength anyone could ask for.

Gymnastics is not only a good thing to live by, but it is important to understand how it does help you in life.

Critique the performance, and respect the hard work put in.

I was under pressure because of what people were saying about my physique.

To have any doubt in your body is the biggest weakness an athlete can have.

If you lose the nerves, you lose the sport.

I fell in love with gymnastics. I love what I do now. I work with people that I love to be around. Success comes from that.

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.

I don't call them sacrifices. I call them exchanges.

As long as you've done your best, making mistakes doesn't matter. You and I are human; we will mess up. What counts is learning from your mistakes and getting back up when life has knocked you down.

Hot yoga is the best. When you're in [class], there are no cell phones, no talking, no distractions. You're taking a leave from reality for an hour or so.

Well-I don't know if anyone would really ask me to prom.

I feel like when there's so much conversation about women's athletics right now, we need to focus on their performance and their skill.

Were taught at such a young age that you can always be better and that youre never perfect and that youre never good enough.