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Winning Balance: What Ive Learned So Far about Love, Faith, and Living Your Dreams
Copyright 2012 by Shawn Johnson. All rights reserved.
Cover photography by Ryan Towe Photography in Des Moines, Iowa.
Cover design by Faceout Studio, Jeff Miller.
Interior corner scroll copyright TAlex/Veer. All rights reserved.
Interior floral pattern copyright Pixel Embargo/Veer. All rights reserved.
Photographs of Shawn growing up and prom are from the personal collection of the author and used with permission.
Photograph of Shawn performing at the Olympics copyright UPI Photo/Pat Benic/Newscom. All rights reserved.
Photograph of Shawn consoling teammate copyright DYLAN MARTINEZ/REUTERS/Newscom. All rights reserved.
Photograph of team with silver medals copyright Amy Sancetta/AP. All rights reserved.
Photograph of Shawn holding Coke Dina Gerson, The Coca-Cola Company. All rights reserved.
Photograph of Shawn leading the Pledge of Allegiance MATTHEW CAVANAUGH/Newscom. All rights reserved.
Photograph of Shawn on red carpet Steve Granitz/Getty Images. All rights reserved.
Photograph of Dancing with the Stars Kelsey McNeal/Getty Images. All rights reserved.
Photograph of Shawn with young fan Jonathan D. Woods/Rapport Press/Newscom. All rights reserved.
Photograph of Shawn seated on ground by Ryan Towe Photography in Des Moines, Iowa.
All other photographs were taken by Sheryl Shade and used with permission.
Designed by Beth Sparkman
Edited by Kimberly Miller
Published in association with the literary agency of Shade Global, 10 East 40th Street, 48th Floor, New York, NY 10016.
Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible , New Living Translation, copyright 1996, 2004, 2007 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Johnson, Shawn, 1992-
Winning balance : what Ive learned so far about love, faith, and living your dreams / Shawn Johnson ; with Nancy French.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 978-1-4143-7210-5
1. AthletesReligious life. 2. Johnson, Shawn, 1992- 3. AthletesUnited StatesBiography. 4. GymnastsUnited StatesBiography. I. French, Nancy, 1974- II. Title.
BV4596.A8J66 2012
277.3'083092--dc23
[B] 2012007978
Dedication
To my parents, for never leaving my side.
You have always believed in me, supported me, picked me up, and brought me back down to earth when I needed it. You have given me the opportunity to see my dreams come true, and that is the greatest gift of all.
I know we have had our share of hard times, but through everything, you have given me the world, and I couldnt be more grateful.
I love you... to the moon and back.
Contents
A Note from Shawn
We live by believing and not by seeing.
2 Corinthians 5:7
O VER THE PAST FIVE YEARS, many articles have been written about me. Most journalists have gotten the details right, though only a few seem to have truly captured something about who I am as a person, not simply as a gymnast. Thats understandable, since most reporters have been assigned to cover a specific event or to give readers a status report on my training.
I wrote Winning Balance as a way to go deeper. Though my story is presented chronologically, it is not my autobiography. Instead, I wrote this book as a way to reflect on the lessons Ive learned during nearly two decades of training, competition, and most important, everyday life.
Thats why I chose to end almost every chapter with a short reflection called Lesson Ive Learned. Each one summarizes a key principle Ive gained from my family, my sport, or my faith. I hope these lessons, along with my poems throughout the book, will inspire you as you seek to live your dreams as well. Even though your passions and background may be quite different from mine, I believe there is much we can teach each other.
Perhaps the greatest lessons Ive learned so far are these: Everything happens for a reason, and God can be trusted to work all things together for good. I dont know what lies ahead for me, but I am convinced that I am on the right road. My hope is that something Ive learned will help you, too, even if you cant see whats coming or if lifes pathway has gotten a bit bumpy.
May we all enjoy the adventure that comes when we walk togetherby faith.
February 2012
My Lords Prayer
Now I lay me down to sleep.
My heart is yours to find, to seek.
You keep me safe and hold me tight,
Helping me decide whats right.
You watch me fall but help me up,
Never wanting to disrupt
Lifes set path to which I face.
Destiny has its own set pace.
You give me wings and help me fly,
But always keep your distancewhy?
Why is it you hide in us,
Causing us to find your trust?
You surround me in the waves of light,
But others find it hard to fight
The passion with reality,
Never letting their minds just be
Natural in believing in you,
Instead of feeling like the countless few.
We feel your warmth within our hearts,
Relying on that so we dont fall apart,
Relying on love to keep us intact
So we can move on and never look back.
I love you for who youve grown to be
Or who it is Ive grown to see.
I pray to you to watch me close.
Have faith in me; dont let me boast.
Watch my family and my friends;
Guide them in helping their hearts to mend.
Watch them sleep throughout the nights;
Stay by their side with all your light.
I pray you see our hearts true beat.
I pray the Lord my soul to keep.
Introduction
Olympics
August 2008
Beijing
T HIS WAS ITTHE MOMENT I had worked for with all my might every day for almost as long as I could remember.
I was standing in the 2008 Olympic arena in Beijing with eighteen thousand people in the stands and hundreds of millions watching across the globe. My friend and teammate Nastia Liukin was preparing to begin her floor exercise and final rotation for the womens individual all-around competition. I would follow her, and I knew I had to give the floor routine of my life.
Id set my sights on the highest possible goalOlympic gold. The womens all-around is the most prestigious gymnastics event at the Olympics, the biggest prize of all. It was also the goal Id had my eyes on since I knew that the Olympics were even a remote possibility. I was competing with twenty-three of the worlds best female gymnasts, who represented fifteen different countries. Just a few days before, Id taken the top spot in the preliminaries, when ninety-eight gymnasts had been vying for a spot in the finals.
To win the gold in this all-around competition, a gymnast has to get high scores in the vault, the uneven bars, the balance beam, and the floor exercise. Its called all-around because each of the four events showcases importantand differentgymnastics skills. The vault shows strength, the uneven bars display agility, the beam proves the ability to concentrate under pressure, and the floor exercise demonstrates showmanship. Most gymnasts excel in just one of these disciplines, but the best all-around is someone who excels in all of them. In the Olympics, there would be no higher honor than winning a gold right here, right now.
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