A biography for John McGinnhasn’t been written yet.
“I'm not your normal central midfielder.”
“We do our best to keep our feet on the ground and that's how it will remain.”
“I think people maybe had a perception of me that I was just a hard working player, just a runner. Don't get me wrong, I think I am that but I've got a lot more to my game than that.”
“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.”
“Football is a great place to get away from things, and going over to Greece was amazing and I've loved it - it is basically getting away from all the talk.”
“I won't jump two-footed into something without really thinking about it.”
“I was fortunate to be able to go to the Scotland games with my grandad and it's scary to think I could now be playing in one.”
“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.”
“The refs try their best. Sometimes they get it right. Sometimes they get it wrong.”
“We can take these things for granted, when we have everything on a plate.”
“If I could achieve half as much as Broony's achieved in his career, I'll be delighted.”
“You have to beat the best if you want to win tournaments.”
“I'm grateful for what this club has done for me and I love playing for Hibs - I never take that for granted.”
“It's an amazing feeling playing at a packed-out Villa Park.”
“You always need to be on your toes.”
“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.”
“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.”
“I feel as if I'm getting better all the time. At the same time, though, I'm ambitious.”
“Playing away from home in Europe is never easy.”
“We need to go into every game believing we are going to win.”