John McGinn Quotes

As a coach, the greatest passion you can have is for improving players.

I think the coaches have to play a big role in the players' development.

The quality of our academy system is very high, as good as anything in the world. Around the country, lots of people in youth development are keen to get together and find a solution to that 17-to-21 age bracket and how we get those players playing.

Of course, becoming champions is something we all want, but I think that the best 'championship' for a manager is to see players like Koke, Lucas Hernandez, Angel Correa - lads who have come up from all the way down in the lower divisions - become professionals of a high standard.

When I went to Japan, I was with Kashima Antlers. Very good results were produced with that team as I aimed to develop Japanese football.

Every player that comes at Juventus becomes better; every player that comes wins trophies.

What I'm worried about is our team and our players developing and getting better. That's the most important thing.

That's one of things I've heard about Brooklyn - how good they are at developing players.

In football, any team can still improve, in every sense.

I've just got better as a player thanks to Pep.

It is my job to work with the players we have and try to improve them as a team and move the country forward.

I improved enormously, on and off the pitch, over that year at Swansea.

You look at a club like Chelsea, and you know it won't be easy to get into that team. Sometimes you have to go away, play regular first team football, and show Chelsea that you are ready to play for them.

This whole thing's about development. Not only are we trying to develop players, we're trying to develop ourselves.

When you're younger, it's about, 'How can I get better? How can I become the player that I want to be?' As you get older, it's, 'How can this football team improve?' While all along getting better along the way.

There has been a great list of players who cut their teeth in Europe.

Football's about the young players, bringing youth team players through to the first team and hopefully getting the best out of them so they can go on to play for their country.

We have to change the way we coach kids in the long-term so that by the time they hit 16, they are better than the Spanish, French, and German players. That is the big challenge, but the No. 1 criteria for me has always been how you are technically judged, from the age of eight, not size or power.

From a footballer's point of view, if you want to choose a football club, then Arsenal is right up there with the best.

I think as a central defender you grow as a player.

To work with the kids and help them come through from the Academy to the first team would be brilliant.

Arsenal have a history of bringing through youngsters, giving them opportunities, and turning them into world-class players.

I'm really focused on getting better as a player.

This is Manchester United; we have the capacity to buy new players, we have the best players in the world. But I think it's good for me.

At Atletico, I've improved at the highest level, and in the Champions League, I've turned a corner.