shawn johnson - misty may treanor intervi

It was 2012 and we were like, "Well, it's still August 22nd, 2008." Um, there's a couple things. I— this is my first break I've had since I was 12 to actually take a step back and breathe and live life and enjoy myself. Um, so it's hard to say. I would love to, um, but right now I'm concentrating on getting healthy and then our family is taking a little longer than we thought, so we're trying that. So if all goes well, I would like to be back. So we'll keep you posted.

How about you, Charlotte?

Uh, for me, it's kind of the same thing.

Um, starting a family.

Yeah. Um, this is the first break I've had since I was probably 6, and, um, it's amazing. I got to go on my first vacation that I've had in 8 years, and it's just been amazing. And I'm doing Dancing with the Stars, of course.

That's my dream. Call and vote for her.

Don't forget. I don't know if you're voting for her.

Make sure you vote.

I'd love to stay on, but it's a hard decision. If you would have asked me the same thing in like 2004, I couldn't have told you if I was going in 2008. But if I could replace everything that I did at Beijing or in Beijing and feel the same emotions and feelings, I would— I'd definitely be there.

Hey everybody, this is young Sarah with a question for both ladies.

Go ahead.

Uh, well, it's for both of you, but mostly, but mostly for Shawn. Who's your role model? Because you're mine. Um, my role model was always, you know, like my parents and my coaches. They really supported me through everything. But my favorite gymnast was always Kim Zamesko or Mary Lou Retton, of course.

How about Misty? I'll ask you, who's your role model?

Well, you know, both my parents played, but I always— my dad would always tell me every time I stepped on the court, just step on the court for people that couldn't play. And so I work with Special Olympians, so I look up to those athletes, particularly that don't have, you know, maybe physically aren't as well. They live life to the fullest, and you know, there's someone out there that would love to trade places with you for a minute. And so those are the people that I look up to.

All right, everybody. And Dana, if you want to follow up on this, because after I get done with Lauren here, I'm going to go all the way down to the other end of the line and get some of you folks down here.

Oh, I see.

You need me to stretch for you now.

If you could, please.

I mean, I could run down there, but my heart will be beating like a rabbit. Lauren, and she's a young gymnast. We got a lot— how many young gymnasts do we have here in the crowd today? Look at how polite they're all raising their hands rather than clapping. All right, go ahead, Lauren.

This is for Shawn Johnson. I'm a level 5 gymnast at La Fleur's Largo. And what was the hardest event in the Olympics? The hardest event in the Olympics? In gymnastics? Yes. Okay, um, I think it's different for everybody, but my most challenging was always the bars. For some reason I just couldn't master it. I don't know. And that's why I was an all-around gymnast. I would compete on all four because my other three would make up for it. And, um, Yeah, bars got me every time.

So let me ask you guys, I was just sort of sitting here thinking, you guys got me onto it when you're talking about things you're missing, especially family. And Shawn, it might be more to you, what do you want to do next? Like when gymnastics isn't something that you're competing in, and Misty, for you too, when the competition is over, what do you look to do?

Graduate high school.

After that, like Misty was saying, she wants to be a vet, which is a good thing, but is there something else that you want to do that you know already? Some people in high school have that idea.

It's hard. I mean, I don't know what I'm gonna do tomorrow, so I don't know. It's the first time in 16 years, of course, that I've really gotten to be able to do something different and make a decision, because my life was centered around the Olympics. And after the Olympics, I was kind of like, well, now what do I do? You know, I just— I never had that opportunity, right? And so it's hard to say. I've had so many different interests in so many different things. Dancing with the Stars has given me so many opportunities that I never imagined, and I'm really interested to see what I do because I have no idea.

We are too. Misty, how about you? I mean, when competition's done, do you know?

Graduate high school? No, um, I heard that's really hard to get into. Yeah, but no, I've inquired about going back to school. I want to get my master's. I really love teaching and coaching, so that's my next That's my next thing is now that I have time off, I might go back to school in the fall and start that master's and coach and give back. Everything I have in here is no good unless I share it. So, all right, I'm gonna get out there.