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Johnny well-focused, in good shape , ready to compete this season

Johnny’s new teleconference with U.S. media is up, and he sounds like very well focused and fired-up for this season ! And his training sounds going well. ( Article ) “ I work every day in Russian which is a foreign language for me,” he said. “For Soviet and Russian sportsmen there was always a sense of determination and need that people felt through sport, so if you were not the best you would not achieve very much in life,” Weir said. “The Russian coaches, especially of those of Galina’s era, all teach in a very Soviet way and if you are not doing the maximum to achieve a result you may as well stop training. “Of course, sometimes it is a little stressful training in the Russian system because they have a very different way of teaching and communicating than it was with my American coach. But, I am thriving under the system and I hope to continue to grow and keep getting better and better. “In America people have the chance to be lazy because we have never had to sacrifice one a