Shawn Johnson Quotes

I was always active as a child. My dad tried to place me in every sport imaginable. I had so much energy, he wanted to push me in a direction where that energy was used appropriately to keep me out of trouble and focused while I was in school.

Until I was about ten, I wasn't that good. I just had loads of energy and loved running around.

Every parent knows this moment in a child's age when he or she needs your attention in a very specific way because it's the beginning and ending of the early life of imagination. It's such a responsibility.

As a child is indulged or checked in its early follies, a ground is generally laid for the happiness or misery of the future man.

I learned that there are two things that kids really like: movement and love. Happy kids move; unhappy, they don't move.

Young children were sooner allured by love, than driven by beating, to attain good learning.

My parents couldn't handle my energy so they enrolled me in every sport the school was offering. I didn't resent it because I loved sports and picked them up easily.

I was a rhythmic and athletic gymnast for a little while. Then, when I quit gymnastics, I fell in love with yoga. So sometimes I think I'd like to open up a yoga studio.

I had ridiculous amounts of energy. Mom's like, you're driving me crazy - do you want to try gymnastics? From the moment I started it, I loved it and it kind of was like storybook from there.

I learned early on to never walk while I was on the ball field. I ran everywhere I went.

We are our children's first teachers.

As a schoolboy I can recall playing three games a week and not even feeling it.

Instead of being like the other kids going to soccer or football practice, I was wrestling every day.

My dad put me in boxing because I was this hyperactive kid always breaking stuff.

Many parents know that hugging your children - telling them how amazing they are - is so important. Some parents, through no fault of their own, don't realise this. My mum was one of those who didn't realise, and I almost was too.

Kids grasp what you teach them, from crawling to walking, for everything they look up to their parents.

I started playing ball when I was 4 years old.

I was actually fairly athletic and coordinated, but I never played any organized sports.

I love football. It's what I am.

On weekends, I'm chasing my six-year-old girls around the city. That's my cardio!

I guess I compete in everything I do, but it's always good to get out and be active and find an outlet for all of that pent-up aggression you had as an athlete.

I wake up every day doing what I love to do. I love to play basketball.

I really love sports.

I love football, but being away from it is tough.

I love music, and I love sports. I played sports all throughout school.