Words matter. These are the best Steve Clarke Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
It is my job to work with the players we have and try to improve them as a team and move the country forward.
My dad has even less emotion than me!
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.
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.
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.
It remains an ambiton of mine to get to a major finals with Scotland.
With a club team you do get to work with them day in, day out, for weeks.
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.
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.
If people are coming in in dribs and drabs, it doesn’t look good. You have to have standards and have rules to adhere to. If you have that then it carries on into the training.
I will miss the day to day stuff because I love coaching. I love being out on the pitch.
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.
I can assure you I’ll be working very hard with the Tartan Army.
It should be the pinnacle of any players’ career to get to a World Cup Finals with their country.
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.
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.
At Kilmarnock we are all inclusive, there are no divides.
I was happy working on my golf and doing a bit of fishing.
It’s important not to get hung up on the notion that everyone who has an injury is trying to dodge it.
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.
The thing is, if nobody points out what’s wrong, then nothing will ever be done about it.
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.
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.
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.
My father was my No.1 influence, long before him actually being involved with my youth team.
