Steve Clarke

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

“Everyone talks about VAR, which is great. It will help the referees no end. But if you've got VAR in place and VAR becomes the ref, I'm not sure that's good for the game.”

“With a club team you do get to work with them day in, day out, for weeks.”

“It's lovely being back in the west of Scotland, really nice.”

“At Kilmarnock we are all inclusive, there are no divides.”

“My father was my No.1 influence, long before him actually being involved with my youth team.”

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

“We had a black and white telly in the corner of the room that had three channels. There was nothing to keep you around the house. It was a different time.”

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

“I can assure you I'll be working very hard with the Tartan Army.”

“In my time at Kilmarnock, I'm sorry I didn't win you a trophy but I stand here in front of three stands of Kilmarnock supporters - that is my trophy.”

“If you are playing at home to Cyprus you have to be on the front foot. You have to get the crowd onside, get at them, create chances and keep the back door closed so you don't lose any silly goals when you are on top in a game.”

“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.”