Shawn Johnson East

Good to see you.

Great.

It's probably something I should go to therapy for.

The fact that I have to win.

At all costs, which is not good.

I was an obsessive kid.

I fell in love with gymnastics.

Gymnastics breeds perfectionism.

It's just how the sport's wired.

Your entire goal your whole life is for a perfect 10 and it's subjective.

So then you learn how to cater to people's opinions and what do they prefer.

And after gymnastics, because that was such a childhood defining, you know, 16 years, I don't know how to transfer that into everyday life.

Yeah, I started when I was three, but I only started when I was three because it's like putting a kid in swim lessons.

There aren't many things you can do for kids that young of an age, and gymnastics lessons are just one of them.

I fell in love with the idea that I could fly.

I was an adrenaline junkie.

My dad was an extreme sports professional writer, so I get the adrenaline side from him and just fell in love with flying.

He just, he raced everything.

He raced anything and everything with wheels.

So motocross, three wheelers, four wheelers, sprint cars, all of it.