Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by John McGinn - Page 2

I feel loved at Hibs and I've loved my time here.

There are always challenges that come your way and I'm probably better prepared to deal with them now I've been at Hibs.

I think it's really hard to replace what Scott Brown brought to Scotland. He was one of a kind and there aren't too many players like Broony. But for me, the more you try and replicate him, the more difficult it becomes.

We need to go into every game believing we are going to win.

There's always going to be that question going up a division. Can you do it? Are you only good against the players in a lower division?

If I could achieve half as much as Broony's achieved in his career, I'll be delighted.

All you want to do is first and foremost a job for the team but if you can entertain the people in the stands, and make then enjoy their day, then it helps.

I'm not your normal central midfielder.

There's a lot of good midfielders all desperate to play for their country and all I can do when I get called up is prove that I deserve to be there.

I've got confidence in my ability.

In Scotland you can enter a comfort zone. I felt I had already developed a reputation there and felt it was important to prove I can play elsewhere.

You have to be able to deal with the pressures that playing for a big club like Hibs brings and it's not for everyone.

Well I'm still a massive Celtic supporter. And I always will be. That will never leave you.

You always have to get your head down, work hard and things fall into place.

If you try too hard to fit in you become something you are not.

When I broke into the St Mirren team thing went pretty well for me and I managed to hit the ground running.

You dream as a player of having fans chanting your name.

Everyone just needs to be his own man.

If you are a player wanting to improve then Hibs will be a club you want to go to.

We do our best to keep our feet on the ground and that's how it will remain.

Scoring at the big stadiums in Glasgow is something I have dreamed about doing since I was a wee boy and now I have managed to do that.

Opponents know how to get the fouls and it's gone against me a couple of times.

You learn more from defeats and it makes you hungry to go and improve the next time. That's the way I have dealt with things during my whole career.

Two-footed players always get a lot more recognition, so I always practised as a kid with my right foot.

It doesn't matter the level whether it is League Two or anywhere, you want to win games.

That's football. Sometimes luck swings your way and sometimes it doesn't.

Alan Hutton and I are always fighting the corner for Scottish football. It's a really tough league down here with a lot of quality players trying to get into the Premier League.

When you have a good relationship with a manager, and he leaves, it is disappointing.

If you get too high it comes back to bite you on the backside so I was always aware in spells before when I've done well in a season, eventually there was a wee dip.

A lot of players and pundits can be talking the Scottish league down and it's not until players and coaches actually experience it they start respecting it.

I know I have been compared with Broony and he is a player I've looked up to massively. When I first went into the Scotland squad he took me under his wing.

You will always have people to prove wrong. I always have done and I always will. I use that to spur me on and stay hungry and that's the big aim.

Every time I've come away with Scotland I've learned and improved.

Hibs are such a brilliant club, amazing training ground, good coaches, and a great platform for Scottish players to get better.

When you experience lows like I have it just makes you hungry to go and succeed even more, and make sure days like that don't happen as much as they have done.

If you've not got the doubts to go and prove people wrong, that's when you get into that comfort zone and stop progressing.

Every young kid growing up playing football dreams of playing in those big famous stadiums.

I look at the likes of Darren Fletcher and Scott Brown and they're just normal people. They are humble and work away to become the best they can. That's the path I've tried to follow.

I like to win the ball back for the team and I can contribute going forward.

I won't jump two-footed into something without really thinking about it.