#olympic

The Olympic Games of the Modern Era began in 1896 in the city of Athens. ↗

— Bill Toomey

#began #city #era #games #modern

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. ↗

— Shawn Johnson

#biggest dream #dream #expectations #fulfill #goals

I still can't believe I'm an Olympic athlete. ↗

— Shawn Johnson

#believe #i #olympic #still

I think about my goals. There were a lot of times in gymnastics when I really didn't want to go in and train, but you can't make it to the Olympics if you don't train! ↗

— Shawn Johnson

#go #goals #gymnastics #i #i think

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

#games #i #image #like #looked

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. ↗

— Shawn Johnson

#accomplished #after #already #blessing #continued

The Beijing Olympics represent China's grand entrance onto the world stage and confirmation of its new superpower status. ↗

— Ma Jian

#china #confirmation #entrance #grand #new

It sounds funny, but the 2008 Olympics were something that just kind of happened, and I was lucky they came at a point when I was uninjured and well prepared. As a gymnast, you can't ask for much more. ↗

— Shawn Johnson

#ask #came #funny #gymnast #happened

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. ↗

— Shawn Johnson

#been #i #just #just because #myself

Of course, when you're training your whole life to get to the Olympics, you train for gold. ↗

— Shawn Johnson

#get #gold #life #olympics #train