#we

I started from zero and went back to the basics in gymnastics. ↗

— Shawn Johnson

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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'm doing four hours of gymnastics training a day, six days a week and then an extra two to three hours in a fitness center as well. ↗

— Shawn Johnson

#day #days #doing #extra #fitness

I kind of realize that I have a tendency to choose the kind of films I watched when I was a kid and would go home and pretend with my friends that we were in those movies after we saw them. ↗

— Samuel L. Jackson

#choose #films #friends #go #go home

Extremely strong, effective, tenacious, and powerful political networks can be built when you fight losing battles as well as when you win. ↗

— Patricia Ireland

#built #effective #extremely #fight #losing

I know my strengths. Painfully aware of the weaknesses. There's many. I love sports. So working towards a common goal, that's exciting to me. ↗

— Kathy Ireland

#common #common goal #exciting #goal #i

The way to be a man if you're a little boy is to be willing to throw your weight around. ↗

— Patricia Ireland

#be a man #boy #little #man #throw

So many young people say, 'I'm just going to see what happens.' It's so much more powerful to make things happen and have a plan. ↗

— Kathy Ireland

#happen #happens #i #just #make

My answer to those who oppose my appointment as CEO is that this is really a decision of the YWCA. They want to strengthen their grassroots to advocate on behalf of women's and children's empowerment and ending racism. ↗

— Patricia Ireland

#answer #appointment #behalf #ceo #children

Now in my theater training I showed no aptitude at all. ↗

— Jeremy Irons

#i #now #showed #theater #training