Famous Quotes

"Something my mom taught me when I was little is that everything happens for a reason."

Shawn Johnson on Mom

More quotes about Mom

• "My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her."

  George Washington on Mom

• "The natural state of motherhood is unselfishness. When you become a mother, you are no longer the center of your own universe. You relinquish that position to your children."

  Jessica Lange on Mom

• "My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it."

  Mark Twain on Mom

• "Men are what their mothers made them."

  Ralph Waldo Emerson on Mom

• "My mother said to me, 'If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope.' Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso."

  Pablo Picasso on Mom

More quotes by Shawn Johnson

• "We're taught at such a young age that you can always be better and that you're never perfect and that you're never good enough."

• "The body is an amazing machine... If you eat the right things your body will perform incredibly well!"

• "I pay attention to my diet to be a healthier gymnast, but I'm not obsessive over it."

• "I had a constant fear, a constant little doubt in my mind: 'OK, I'm getting ready to do my standing back full on beam and I might re-tear my ACL.'"

• "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."