"Something my mom taught me when I was little is that everything happens for a reason." ― Shawn Johnson Topic(s): Mom More From Shawn Johnson "It sounds funny, but the 2008 Olympics were something that just kind of happened, and I was lucky they came at a point when I was uninjured and well prepared. As a gymnast, you can’t ask for much more." "I have a chaperone everywhere I go – my mom." "I don’t want to be all power and muscle." More In Mom "My mom, God rest her soul – she liked nicknames. In the womb she named me Skip. There was another black guy in Piedmont, W.Va., and his name was Skip. They called him Big Skip, and I was Little Skip."― Henry Louis Gates "I sing seriously to my mom on the phone. To put her to sleep, I have to sing “Maria” from West Side Story. When I hear her snoring, I hang up."― Adam Sandler "Married and divorced, three beautiful daughters, two in college. The other one is 16, lives with her mom. I’m 46, I’ve worked for the Post Office for 18 years, seven facilities in three states."― Arthur Godfrey