John McGinn Quotes

Since I was a child, I watched tapes of Baggio, Zico, and Maradona, and then I tried to replicate them just playing on my own against the wall. Certainly it's talent, but you have to cultivate that talent.

I always wanted to play with both feet, so today I'm happy I trained it so often.

I am sure my own game is improving by playing in Serie A.

I still have a lot of room for improvement. For example, I want to shoot equally well with both feet.

I drove right into the music with the same sort of attitude as I went into the football stuff with. Just found a routine and hard work, and it helped me progress a lot faster.

When I decide to score, I score. I know I am strong, but I believe it is not enough yet. I can kick fine, dribble very well, but I still have to improve.

So for a year I spent all my time hiding from Jack Charlton in the car park practising my skills.

You know, I was crap. But I had the commitment, and I had the understanding, that the basis of football is skill on the ball, and if you spend the time with it, you're gonna reap the rewards.

OK, the wonderful thing about soccer is, a football is a perfectly round object, and it doesn't make mistakes. The player using it makes mistakes. And the more you use it, the less mistakes you make.

It is not my decision who plays in La Liga, the Champions League, or the Copa. In any case, I just do the best possible in each training session and in each game to be able to get a chance in La Liga.

Football was always my dream. I started playing at the age of five, and I'm still playing now.

What I would do after training is stay half an hour and kick the ball against a wall with my weaker foot over and over again to make sure it gets stronger. And young players should remember that everything comes from the base of hard work, so never give up.

Whether I'm playing right now or not, I still have an opportunity to get better in practice. It's like sharpening my blade.

I really want to make myself a better player.

I want to be a great player someday.

After sessions, I keep working and practising with the left foot. Hopefully one day, it'll just be fluent.

I train a lot. After training sessions, I like to stay with some balls and some goalkeepers - they help me a lot, too.

I used to spend hours on the laptop watching free kicks on YouTube - again and again. You obviously learn a thing or two.

Pogba has never stopped improving. He has everything to become a great player. If he keeps his head on his shoulders, he can make history.

The Liga is a tough league, but I'm inspired by players like Neymar and Messi. You have to work very hard to reproduce what they do, especially Neymar.

The one thing about being an athlete, say you are struggling with throwing a comeback route, well, then you go out and practice it. You throw it 100 times a day, and you get better at it, and you see those improvements pretty rapidly.

Just play football. If you are a writer, you must write. It's the best way to practise. If I'm a pianist, I don't need to run in the forest for one hour or two hours to be a good pianist. I must play piano. So this is what we are doing all the time. Play football. Simple ideas.

I want to win the World Cup. I want to be the world's number one.

As players, you've got to keep improving, keep learning, keep playing well to get your place in the team.

I want to be a better player, and there is no other way of showing it other than on the pitch. It is not a question of which team I play for.