In 2008 I didn't take it all in enough. I was so wrapped up in just the competition … - Shawn Johnson

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There's sort of a theory that's going around in the China-watching community about a perfect storm coming up with the 2008 Olympics, a U. S. election and a Taiwanese election, some sort of mutually reinforcing explosion and crisis.

Shawn Johnson

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.

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My coach, Liang Chow, had one rule while I was training for the 2008 Olympics: no skiing. I could do anything I wanted outside the gym, he said, except ski.

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My other life keeps me calm and grounded and normal.

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If you lose the nerves, you lose the sport.

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I know how much more I need to do to be where I want.

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I missed being considered an athlete and having that competitive drive, and missed having something to work for every day. I'd taken two and a half years away from the sport and was out of shape. I wanted to get back to where I was in 2008.

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