That's the drama of our sport. Our margin of error is so small that anything can happen.
Shawn JohnsonPeople only see gymnastics on TV and in the Olympics at such an extreme. So it can be intimidating.
Shawn JohnsonMy 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.
Shawn JohnsonI 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.
Shawn Johnson