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

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Source : Shawn Johnson (2012). “Winning Balance: What Ive Learned So Far about Love, Faith, and Living Your Dreams”, p.115, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

Shawn Johnson

#Training Quotes #Gold Quotes #Olympics Quotes

“To allow your organization the permission to fail is a very powerful thing. If we want to really be thought leaders and industry leaders, it doesn't come without taking risks. We're not afraid to take those risks that will get us to a better place.”
“Einmal ist keinmal, says Tomas to himself. What happens but once, says the German adage, might as well not have happened at all. If we have only one life to live, we might as well not have lived at all.”
“...life every now and then becomes literature...as if life had been made and not happened.”
“We prefer synthetic rather than natural materials. Natural products are almost too valuable. Wood is much harder to produce than metal. And metal is recyclable, while wood isn't.”
“We work our jobs, collect our pay, believe were gliding down the highway, when in fact we're slip sliding away.”
“People shouldn't take my lack of interest in what they're saying personally. I don't really care about what I'm saying most of the time.”
“There is no Yoda-there's no one who points you in the right direction. You've got to figure that out by yourself.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Licking your wounds will not stop the bleeding, but applying pressure will.”

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