When I was little I got to dribble the ball around while my older brother Paul, who played for a long time for Kilmarnock, my dad and my uncle Jimmy - who was at Celtic as a kid and played with Morton and Cambridge City - kicked it hard and I got punted out the way. But gradually I got allowed into the game.

Steve Clarke

At times, you have to maybe speak out of turn or say a little bit too much which upsets a few people.

Steve Clarke

What I want is players who are 100 per cent committed.

Steve Clarke

I have to get used to international management. The players will go back to their clubs, they will all be playing at the weekend, they will all be thinking about other things.

Steve Clarke

My dad has even less emotion than me!

Steve Clarke

I don't shout from the rooftops or blow my own trumpet. But I take a lot of satisfaction from the players and staff at clubs who recognise what I've done.

Steve Clarke

I want to make the Tartan Army happy and qualify for a major tournament. That's the goal.

Steve Clarke

I will miss the day to day stuff because I love coaching. I love being out on the pitch.

Steve Clarke

When I was a player back in the 80s, Rangers didn't sign Catholic players. There was an enquiry when Graeme Souness took over about me going to Rangers. At the time I was told I couldn't do that.

Steve Clarke

It remains an ambiton of mine to get to a major finals with Scotland.

Steve Clarke

At the end of the day, you want a straightforward, simple system which everyone understands. If you can get clarity and simplicity in any process, it's better for everybody.

Steve Clarke

I think I worked out in my head it's something like 75 training sessions before you've got them pretty well drilled. You're not going to get that in international football so you're relying on their intelligence and the ability of the players to slot in.

Steve Clarke

I was no different to any other kid of my generation. I played with my mates in the park every day, every spare minute I could.

Steve Clarke

A burning ambition of mine is to take Scotland to a major tournament. It should be the pinnacle of any players' career to get to a World Cup finals with their country.

Steve Clarke

In football you tend to drift away and on to the next job; you bump into someone after two or three years and it's the same as seeing them yesterday.

Steve Clarke

You know when you take a manager's job it could be terminal. I was making sure there was enough in the bank to cover that, making sure myself and my family would be all right when I took the plunge.

Steve Clarke

When I bump into Scotland supporters they are pretty positive. They just want a little bit of success. I don't think that's too much for them to ask.

Steve Clarke

I was happy working on my golf and doing a bit of fishing.

Steve Clarke

Scottish football has always been about Celtic and Rangers, but we've rattled some cages and that's been good. The more competition they have, the better for Scotland as a whole.

Steve Clarke

I feel I did a good job at West Brom. It was cut short abruptly, which is something historically that West Brom have done - as you've recently seen with Darren Moore.

Steve Clarke

I feel unfulfilled in England. I think I'm a decent manager and a very good coach. I've still got a lot to offer some club who will maybe take a chance on me.

Steve Clarke