Oliver Burke Quotes

"I speak to people who have coached me down the years who tell me to look at how far I've come and to just keep going, there will be light at the end of the tunnel."

"Little things like that when you go to another country is so welcoming. You meet someone, they're so jolly, they speak the language, it really helps."

"At West Brom I felt very left out, not part of the team."

"Your motivation gets sucked away when you know that whatever you do your name won't be on the team sheet."

"I don't like to put much pressure on myself but yeah that is my sort of football: get the ball, run with it, use my pace, create opportunities, cross."

"I love playing for Scotland; it's my country, it's where I was born, and every time I wear the badge it's a dream come true - goosebumps."

"You don't feel wanted by a club when you sign for them for however much and all of a sudden you're there for two training sessions and they've just bought someone for double the amount."

"When I'm playing football I'm switched off to everything else - it frees my mind."

"I wouldn't say I'm the chunky lad who just goes barge, barge, barge, but being strong is an advantage."

"A player who isn't playing football isn't ready for the international team."

"Every game you play, you want to go in and give everything you have got, prove a point and make sure you are in the manager's thoughts for the next camp. If you aren't playing, it is difficult."

"Alaves were very keen on me and I was very keen for another adventure. It doesn't really faze me moving to another country."

"It is unfortunate I haven't been able to get the game time I wanted at West Brom but I need to stay focused, progress, and try not to think about it too much."

"To be honest I didn't have a clue that I was the most expensive Scottish player. It's not something that comes into my head."

"My first year in Germany has been something different for me. I think it's been a big step for me, a different style of football, and I think it's been good. It was a very up and down season for me."

"I think it's very difficult when you're constantly on the bench and waiting for your time to come on and make an impression."

"Every footballer wants to be in a starting position on the pitch."

"I had the Celtic kit when I was young, the full kit as well. This has always been the club I've thought about."

"I would be kicking a ball about with my friends and they'd ask why I was wearing the Celtic kit."

"When you have a bit of a down period and everything isn't going so well, you stay humble and you just want to prove everybody wrong, and I hope I can do that."

"People used to say that I thought I was Gareth Bale, and that's not the case at all. I'm nowhere near that level. The guy has won so much - Leagues, Champions Leagues, scoring worldies in finals."

"There are things you can do in training like learn from the manager and talk with team-mates, but it's the game that tests you."

"You are not always going to be able to knock it and run. You are going to have to use the other foot, mix things up, use the brain."

"I enjoyed it at Celtic and had some great moments and obviously some not so great moments."

"What I need to do is establish myself as Oliver Burke and not as the new Gareth Bale. To do that I need to work hard in La Liga."

"I feel more mature as a player and I have the opportunity to show why they were all talking about me a potentially good player a few years ago."

"My preference would be to play as a right winger, but I can also play as a striker."

"I've experienced different opportunities and countries, and it's been fun but I want to be settled and find a club where I'm happy and enjoying my football. I got sick of the whole moving around thing."

"I'm enjoying myself at Celtic, I really like it here. I think it's a great club with great team-mates who have made me feel welcome."

"I'm just a happier boy now that I'm playing football. Every day I'm happy and I'm getting up really excited to come in and train and see the boys."