John McGinn Quotes

I won't back down. I get a satisfaction from being tested and defeating the test.

I've been through my fair share of highs and lows. Yes, I've been written off, and it amazes me, and it amuses me, also, when I'm written off by the press cause then I tell them that's just the lull before the storm. And every time I've been down, I've been down, never out. So it just makes me work a lot harder.

I grew up a skinny kid with a funny last name and coke bottle glasses, so I experienced my fair share of bullies. But I learned, with the help of humor and resilience, to never give up.

I've been at Chelsea five years and been the butt of many jokes. And I give it back sometimes. That is the beauty of team spirit in a healthy dressing room. I'm not a sensitive, precious person.

I was a fat kid. I can laugh now. But I got teased about being an Oompa Loompa and stuff like that.

Well, you've got to learn how to make fun of yourself - you know what I mean?

If someone would tease me about my hair, I would laugh... if someone called me black, I would laugh. I just took things in my stride. I was never made a victim.

I'm confident in myself. It's not a case of I've missed a penalty, and I'm down.

I can take the mick out of myself so whatever anyone has got to say about me I still find it funny.

Am I hideous, Jane? Very, sir: you always were, you know.

I have a different kind of experience than other girls had. I've had to face a lot of different styles and adjust to them. I had to face a lot of bad situations and come back. I've had to fight with my eyes swollen shut and my nose broken and bloody.

I'm always making a comeback but nobody ever tells me where I've been.

Yes, I now that you feel you are not strong enough. That's what the enemy thinks too. But we're gonna fool them.

I was totally picked on, but look at me now! I was definitely picked on by boys and girls. I was really lanky and skinny and the boys would say, 'Turn sideways and stick out your tongue, you look like a zipper.'

When people direct insults at me, I can take it.

Basically, I think you need two things to get by in this world: a sense of humor and the ability to laugh when your ego is destroyed.

I don't mind being the brunt of a joke, so long as it's a good one.

Some people have a tendency to get knocked down in this business and sulk and whine, and they just create a rod for their back, really. You have to have broad shoulders and get through it.

If you want to call me names, make jokes and doubt my intentions, go ahead, because the reality is I can take it.

I see my daft surname as a positive thing. It first dawned on me that I had a comical name when someone called me 'Fishface' on my first day at school. I've heard all the fish jokes since then, many times over.

I was disappointed in everything - my start and the team's start. People got down on me, but I never got down on myself. I still believed I could be the type of player everyone, including me, thought I was going to be.

I have been called 'Bongshell' the day I stepped into showbiz. So, any adjective coming my way, I take it positively. Sometimes it's also entertaining, but I don't feel bad about it. I'm a proud woman.

I have not taken my good looks seriously from the beginning. When I would be teased by my friends about my looks, I would just make a self-deprecating remark and let it pass.

One thing that I am proud of: I am really capable of laughing at myself.

Nothing is cooler and more attractive than a big comeback, and that'll be me.