A biography for John McGinnhasn’t been written yet.
“If you try too hard to fit in you become something you are not.”
“Two-footed players always get a lot more recognition, so I always practised as a kid with my right foot.”
“You always have to get your head down, work hard and things fall into place.”
“I think everyone will agree that it doesn't matter how we get to an international tournament. We are going to do whatever it takes.”
“You want to be challenging for titles and in semi-finals and finals. Everyone is excited by that.”
“Hibs are such a brilliant club, amazing training ground, good coaches, and a great platform for Scottish players to get better.”
“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.”
“You just want to prove people wrong and, over time, people start believing in you.”
“I was so used to playing at St Mirren and then Hibs all the time, so it was really important that the next place I was going I was going to play.”
“I remember when I was at St Mirren someone called me the ugliest thing they had seen at Tynecastle, and two minutes later I scored - it was brilliant. I just laugh it off - I agree with them most of the time!”
“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?”
“Opponents know how to get the fouls and it's gone against me a couple of times.”
“If someone is going to spend a whole game marking you, then there may be games when I will have to sacrifice myself for the team and take them away and create space for a team-mate.”
“I've never hidden the fact I'm ambitious at some point.”
“You're always looking to go one step further and I'm an ambitious boy.”
“When a Scottish player goes down the road you're always going to get doubters. You always get people saying you're from a pub league.”
“Everyone just needs to be his own man.”
“Sometimes you just need a wee bit time away from football to freshen things up.”
“There's something special about big midweek games at Easter Road, under the lights, that makes us have that little bit extra about us.”
“It was always going to be a risk if I went to America.”