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22 Shawn Johnson: The Mindset of an Olympic Champion

The School of Greatness

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Did You Have More Pressure the First Time Around or After You Came Back?

I feel like I had more pressure the second time. The last time people saw me compete was in 2008 being on top of the world. People kind of put out their own reason as to why I was coming back and no one ever really asked what my reason was. It just assumed, right? And everything was because I didn't win gold in the all-around. But it's again, humbling. To now you have to start, you can't just walk back in where you were. You have to start over.

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