In life there are many influences that shape a person 's personality. Winning Balance by Shawn Johnson shows the many influences she has had in her life, that made her who she is today. Shawn Johnson is from West Des Moines, Iowa and is known as the retired Olympic Gymnast. She won four gold medals for gymnastics, in the 2008 Summer Olympics. Her family is a big part of her life and has been her number one fan. Although gymnastics took up a lot of her time schooling was valuable to her. Shawn Johnson has had many influences in her life to make her who she is her family has always been there for her, gymnastics was like her second home, and education was a top priority.
The first influence Shawn Johnson has is her family. “Since I practiced Monday through Saturday, Sunday was our family day.” Shawn 's family is very
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“I’d learned early on that I had to be as disciplined about finding time to finish homework as I was about training in the gym.” Shawn had her homework done a month ahead of time to be able to train at the gym after school. Sometimes she would have a little bit of other homework that she would have to do after practices at night. Fitting in at school was not an easy thing for her to do, she stated to herself and got her work done so she could train after school with her friends. Her parents always wanted her to be in school activities, so sometimes Shawn would be picked up from practice to go to football games.
Shawn Johnson has had many influences in her life to make her who she is her family has always been there for her, gymnastics was like her second home, and education was a top priority.
Shawn Johnson has had many influences in her life to make her who she is her family has always been there for her, gymnastics was like her second home, and education was a top