John McGinn Quotes

I always wanted to, to the smallest detail, make my parents proud.

I don't know if it has set in or not. Honestly, it's crazy. It's such an amazing honor. I remember thinking back to being in my room waiting for the call to see if I got the part. It's like winning the lottery. I'm proud to be a member of such an amazing cast - that's the best award of all.

It's lovely to be recognized in your own country, but I feel that there's more.

Awards don't really mean much.

I'm not one who's big on accolades and all those things. I did my job and I'm proud of what I did and how I did it.

My mum's amazing - every time I achieve something in my career, she buys me a diamond earring.

1988 I also received from the city of Vienna the cross of honour for art and science. These titles and the various honors mean a great deal to me, most of all for the reason that they would mean a great deal to my parents too.

Til the day I didn't play under-19 World Cup, nobody ever celebrated my birthday. And the moment I played for Indian team, my family got excited and ordered and cut a cake for me in front of 40-50 family members.

When I won the Emmy, the profound sense of gratitude when my name was said I cannot express enough. It was one of the most beautiful moments, hands down, of my life.

I am beyond blessed and humbled to be named the Paul Hornung Award winner.

I obviously respect the opportunity I have got to play for the country.

I enjoyed playing for the national team, the French national team, because I think France gave me a lot and gave my family a lot, so to wear the French national team shirt was really good, and I wore it with pride.

It's every kid's dream to represent their country at a World Cup.

Everybody likes to look at the end goal, but when you sit back and reflect, I played on Team U.S.A. That's incredible for me. I think that in itself is amazing.

I'm really glad I got to represent my country and make my people proud.

It was kind of like an agreement, I guess you can say. It was like, 'Hey, bro, you want to be on Team USA?' And I was like, 'Yeah.' Who would say no to that? It was kind of like, 'Dang, I really get to play for my country. I get to represent and just go out there and have fun.'

I swim for myself. I love it, I have fun, and just representing my country is the greatest honor I could ever have.

It is hard to categorise every accolade you have won. Getting into the Hall of Fame is great. It is fantastic to be recognised by your own country. To be part of the history of our national game is simply humbling.

I want to thank the public, so I have to keep doing what I do, which is keep winning medals for my country.

I always dreamt that, but I never thought I will be here one day playing my 100th game for South Africa. It's an absolute honour and privilege, being given the opportunity by the lovely people from South Africa.

I made the decision to play for Germany because this country gave me something and helped me during my youth.

To even be considered for an MVP award is fairly awesome for me.

When I won medals, I think I was doing something for my employers also. I am making them proud.

When people ask me, 'What are you most proud of,' I say it's that I've had five people close enough to ask me to present them at the World Golf Hall of Fame. There were any number of people they could have used, but they asked me. It really means a lot to me.

I'm proud playing for the country, and I want to represent them as much as I can.