Top 40 Quotes & Sayings by Emma McKeon

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an Australian athlete Emma McKeon.

Last updated on December 3, 2024.

Emma Jennifer McKeon, is an Australian competitive swimmer. She is a four-time world record holder, one current and three former, in the 4x100 metre freestyle relay. Her total career haul of 11 Olympic medals following the 2020 Olympic Games made her Australia's most decorated Olympian and included one gold medal from the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and four gold medals from the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. With four gold and three bronze medals she was the most decorated athlete across all sports at the 2020 Summer Olympics, and tied for the most medals won by a woman in a single Olympic Games. She has also won 17 medals, including four gold medals, at the World Aquatics Championships; and twelve medals, including eight gold, at the 2014 Glasgow and 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.

Australian - Athlete | Born: May 24, 1994

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I can't believe that I just won a gold medal. I think it will take a bit to sink in.

Emma McKeon

I guess you never have any clue how many people are in your corner until something tough happens.

Emma McKeon

I want to go higher and higher and keep improving.

Emma McKeon

I'm a racer and I'm competitive.

Emma McKeon

I grew up watching swimming and amazing athletes in Australia and grew up wanting to do the same.

Emma McKeon

I always love racing the 100 fly, it has just always been an event that I enjoy.

Emma McKeon

I just want to try and keep getting quicker.

Emma McKeon

We had a backyard pool. There was often a bit of fun rivalry between us.

Emma McKeon

My first 100m comes quite easily for me and I can hold my high speed, that is how I approach it.

Emma McKeon

To do a PB in an Olympic final - I'm pretty happy - you can't ask for more, that's the fastest time I have ever swum.

Emma McKeon

If you work hard and enjoy what you are doing and go after your dreams anything is possible.

Emma McKeon

I am going to keep pushing myself and I would love to get an individual gold medal. That would be amazing.

Emma McKeon

When I decided to keep swimming I made the decision to just do it based off enjoying it and making lots of friends out of it.

Emma McKeon

I've been at these meets before where the emotions are so up and down.

Emma McKeon

Mentally, I need the hard work behind me. That's what gives me confidence.

Emma McKeon

I never thought I would win two golds in one session.

Emma McKeon

That's what the Olympics is about - getting your name on the wall, and that gold medal.

Emma McKeon

Learning to swim is an essential service.

Emma McKeon

I never really thought that the 100 would be one of my specialities I guess, but I think that's because of my 200 work - it gives me a good back end and allows me to hold on.

Emma McKeon

If I was satisfied I wouldn't keep swimming.

Emma McKeon

I was always faster than David when we were younger probably up until I was about 15. And he hated that.

Emma McKeon

I love seeing other people swim quickly, it gives you a bit more motivation to keep pushing and get the best out of yourself.

Emma McKeon

With the 200m free it just changes all the time whoever is at the top.

Emma McKeon

Growing up in sport, it is a pretty cool thing to be a part of.

Emma McKeon

I've always been a proud member of all the relays - and we've had such success in that - but to get that gold individually, I'm very proud and very honored.

Emma McKeon

If I'm just doing the sprints and not have such a massive program, I can really pour everything into it.

Emma McKeon

I am pretty pleased. I will be on the Olympic podium, so you can't be more happy.

Emma McKeon

That would be nice, to become more of a leader in the team.

Emma McKeon

After getting a gold medal I could celebrate but also was trying to keep the emotions at bay.

Emma McKeon

I look at the athletes who have come before me and been so impressed with what they have done and been inspired by what they have done, but I've never really looked at the stats of medal counts.

Emma McKeon

Once me and David were older I think he got sick of me beating him so he started training and then just wanted to beat all of my times, which he did pretty quickly.

Emma McKeon

I'm so proud of myself.

Emma McKeon

You can do as much training, the hardest training, and you might get there and not perform how you wanted, not because of lack of training but maybe the pressure you are putting on yourself. That's a major part of being a resilient athlete - it's not just physical, it's mental.

Emma McKeon

I remember when I was much younger maybe about five, mum, dad, David and I would all race each other one lap of the pool and I remember coming last every time.

Emma McKeon

I got an Olympic medal.

Emma McKeon

Getting relay medals is just as amazing I feel just as proud to be a part of that as well. But it's a different feeling, I think, getting an individual gold.

Emma McKeon

I'm a 100m/200m swimmer so I have the early speed.

Emma McKeon

I wasn't sure if I was going to do Pan Pacs because I wanted to focus on other things, like getting my shoulder right again and getting my strength back in the gym.

Emma McKeon

I think it's just having grown up around all that, it inspires you to excel in the sport that maybe your parents did. We grew up all around the water, and that sort of set our direction.

Emma McKeon

I tried out for the London Olympics, missed it by a little bit, gave it away for a while, and wasn't sure I wanted to wait for another four years.

Emma McKeon