American - Athlete | January 19, 1992 -
I always have someone to look up to, and I think it helps me with motivating myself.
Shawn Johnson
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It might have been easier to retire, to say my knee couldn't handle it and let that be that. At the same time, the prospect of not being able to compete in gymnastics anymore was heartbreaking.
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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.'
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After 13 years of hard landings in gymnastics, one ski run had delivered the biggest injury of my career.
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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.
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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.
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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.'
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I told myself after 2008 that I was done for good. But they say you can't keep a gymnast away from her sport.
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Of course, when you're training your whole life to get to the Olympics, you train for gold.
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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.
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I know how much more I need to do to be where I want.
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I always feel like I'm the young one, I'm the small one.
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