Quotes from John McGinn

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

Sometimes in football you have to take risks.

If someone is going to spend a whole game marking you, then there may be games when I will have to sacrifice myself for the team and take them away and create space for a team-mate.

If you are going to be successful in football you have to make sacrifices and that's something I am happy to do.

No matter where it is or who it's against, I will always be available for Scotland as long as I am fit.

I was fortunate to be able to go to the Scotland games with my grandad and it's scary to think I could now be playing in one.

I'm going from Somerset Park one week to Wembley the next. It's crazy but that's football. You don't get to where you want to be without going through all these different places.

We need to go into every game believing we are going to win.

I think people maybe had a perception of me that I was just a hard working player, just a runner. Don't get me wrong, I think I am that but I've got a lot more to my game than that.

When I broke into the St Mirren team thing went pretty well for me and I managed to hit the ground running.

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

Sometimes a manager will assess the other team through the warm-up and try to get an inkling as to what way they are going to be playing.

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

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

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

We can take these things for granted, when we have everything on a plate.

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

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

If you get too high it comes back to bite you on the backside so I was always aware in spells before when I've done well in a season, eventually there was a wee dip.

Scoring at the big stadiums in Glasgow is something I have dreamed about doing since I was a wee boy and now I have managed to do that.

Sometimes you just need a wee bit time away from football to freshen things up.

I like to win the ball back for the team and I can contribute going forward.

When you are growing up to even be involved in a Scotland squad is a massive achievement, to go on and play for your country is an amazing thing, something I will never take for granted.

In football you can take the praise when it comes, but you've got to be ready to take the criticism as well.