"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
timeView Quote
"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
posted in learning
Other Quotes
Discover more inspiring quotes from our collection
"I was at the Olympic Games winning medals and I still doubted my image. I doubted what I looked like. That's sad."
-Shawn Johnson
sadView Quote
"Gymnastics taught me everything - life lessons, responsibility and discipline and respect."
-Shawn Johnson
respectView Quote
"Something my mom taught me when I was little is that everything happens for a reason."
-Shawn Johnson
momView Quote
"I have a chaperone everywhere I go - my mom."
-Shawn Johnson
momView Quote
"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."
-Shawn Johnson
homeView Quote
Same Category
More quotes in this category
"We were learning together. We'd go to various clinics and try to learn as much as possible."
-Tom Conway
learningView Quote
"No amount of study or learning will make a man a leader unless he has the natural qualities of one."
-Archibald Wavell
learningView Quote
"For me, French is so rich and so sacred that learning it is like learning a foreign language."
-Fabrice Luchini
learningView Quote
"For a small child there is no division between playing and learning between the things he or she does just for fun and things that are educational. The child learns while living and any part of living that is enjoyable is also play."
-Penelope Leach
learningView Quote
"Father, in spite of all this spending of money in learning Latin, I will be a painter."
-William Allan
learningView Quote
"I have never forgotten my days as an Eagle Scout. I didn't know it at the time, but what really came out of my Scouting was learning how to lead and serve the community. It has come in handy in my career in government."
-Lloyd Bentsen
learningView Quote