John McGinn

I'm ambitious, which is why I chose Villa.

— John McGinn

You cannot look back and think what if.

— John McGinn

You have to beat the best if you want to win tournaments.

— John McGinn

Sometimes in football you have to take risks.

— John McGinn

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

— John McGinn

You always need to be on your toes.

— John McGinn

I've never hidden the fact I'm ambitious at some point.

— John McGinn

I've got confidence in my ability.

— John McGinn

The advice I would give to young players is always give St Mirren an opportunity.

— John McGinn

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

— John McGinn

The refs try their best. Sometimes they get it right. Sometimes they get it wrong.

— John McGinn

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

— John McGinn

I've always said the same thing - I'm learning, I'm getting better and I'm loving playing in front of sell-out crowds.

— John McGinn

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

— John McGinn

You want to be challenging for titles and in semi-finals and finals. Everyone is excited by that.

— John McGinn

It's one of the reasons you play football, to make people happy.

— John McGinn

If someone is going to spend a whole game marking you, then there may be games when I will have to sacrifice…

— John McGinn

You learn more from defeats and it makes you hungry to go and improve the next time. That's the way I have…

— John McGinn

When you are growing up to even be involved in a Scotland squad is a massive achievement, to go on and play…

— John McGinn

I was fortunate to be able to go to the Scotland games with my grandad and it's scary to think I could…

— John McGinn

If you get too high it comes back to bite you on the backside so I was always aware in spells before…

— John McGinn

I think people maybe had a perception of me that I was just a hard working player, just a runner. Don't get…

— John McGinn

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

— John McGinn

I was so used to playing at St Mirren and then Hibs all the time, so it was really important that the…

— John McGinn

I think you're always fighting a losing battle when you're Scottish and I don't think that's right. I think the way that…

— John McGinn

I'm not your normal central midfielder.

— John McGinn

You want to play in big games.

— John McGinn

Playing away from home in Europe is never easy.

— John McGinn

It's an amazing feeling playing at a packed-out Villa Park.

— John McGinn

I'm the kind of guy who always gives 100 per cent.

— John McGinn

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

— John McGinn

Everyone just needs to be his own man.

— John McGinn

It was always going to be a risk if I went to America.

— John McGinn

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

— John McGinn

When you come to a club like Hibs not everyone can handle it, there's pressure in every single game to get results.

— John McGinn

You work so hard to get to a level and you need to grab your chance with both hands.

— John McGinn

We don't want to have to rely on last-minute goals every time!

— John McGinn

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

— John McGinn

The benefit of coming to a place like Greece and winning is priceless for your development.

— John McGinn

People do like to talk us down, it's a Scottish thing. We are pessimistic, we look for the negatives all the time.

— John McGinn