Sometimes in football you have to take risks.

Playing away from home in Europe is never easy.

You just want to prove people wrong and, over time, people start believing in you.

If we can get Hibs into European football it would be massive for everyone involved.

You are professional so you want to win every game you play.

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.

You always need to be on your toes.

You're always looking to go one step further and I'm an ambitious boy.

The Villa boys will not be shy in telling me that I talk about Hibs all the time. I loved my time here, it was a special three seasons so I have a lot to be thankful for from my time here.

It is not easy to get out of it. It is much nicer to be fighting at the top of the league but it is only nicer if you can get something at the end of it.

The advice I would give to young players is always give St Mirren an opportunity.

When you come to a club like Hibs not everyone can handle it, there's pressure in every single game to get results.

That is what all the top players do and if you want to be the best you know you are going to get marked.

I'd been with Saints for 13 years, so it was always going to be a bit strange going back for the first time.

There is not really any point in having a big squad if you don't use it.

I feel as if I'm getting better all the time. At the same time, though, I'm ambitious.

I've always said the same thing - I'm learning, I'm getting better and I'm loving playing in front of sell-out crowds.

I've never hidden the fact I'm ambitious at some point.

Football is a great place to get away from things, and going over to Greece was amazing and I've loved it - it is basically getting away from all the talk.

I'm grateful for what this club has done for me and I love playing for Hibs - I never take that for granted.

It's always nice to be getting personal recognition, but I wouldn't be getting it if it wasn't for the help of my team-mates and the backroom staff.

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

The refs try their best. Sometimes they get it right. Sometimes they get it wrong.

I was so used to playing at St Mirren and then Hibs all the time, so it was really important that the next place I was going I was going to play.

You have to beat the best if you want to win tournaments.

You want to play in big games.

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

If you are a player wanting to improve then Hibs will be a club you want to go to.

I feel loved at Hibs and I've loved my time here.

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

There are always challenges that come your way and I'm probably better prepared to deal with them now I've been at Hibs.

You always have to get your head down, work hard and things fall into place.

There's a lot of good midfielders all desperate to play for their country and all I can do when I get called up is prove that I deserve to be there.

I've got confidence in my ability.

Every time I've come away with Scotland I've learned and improved.

We do our best to keep our feet on the ground and that's how it will remain.

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

When you experience lows like I have it just makes you hungry to go and succeed even more, and make sure days like that don't happen as much as they have done.

Everyone just needs to be his own man.

If I could achieve half as much as Broony's achieved in his career, I'll be delighted.

I won't jump two-footed into something without really thinking about it.

I'm not your normal central midfielder.

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

If you try too hard to fit in you become something you are not.

It doesn't matter the level whether it is League Two or anywhere, you want to win games.

It's an amazing feeling playing at a packed-out Villa Park.

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

When you live in hysteria, people start thinking emotionally.

There are a lot of actors who try to get records made and try to make record deals, and everybody goes, 'Ugh.' It used to be expected in the entertainment business. I mean look at Sinatra, Bing Crosby. All these guys started out as singers.

I don't want to be a politician. I don't like politics. It's petty; it fights dirty.