ROD PETRIE insists he never considered quitting his position as Scottish FA president during the health scare that forced him to step back from his Hampden role.
The 65-year-old - who was elected as president in 2019 - was temporarily replaced by Mike Mulraney last summer as he removed himself from public life to focus on his wellbeing.
Petrie has now returned to work at Hampden on a full-time basis and he would chair the Association's AGM earlier this week as he was joined by chief executive Ian Maxwell at the national stadium.
And the former Hibernian chairman is thankful for the support he has had from across the game as he picks up where he left off and looks to lead Scottish football out of the Coronavirus pandemic.
Petrie said: “Everyone tells me I'm looking good so that's great news! It's been a challenging 12 months job-wise and personally.
“If you don't mind, I don't want to go into the details of it. But I'm feeling good.
"I've come through quite a lot over the period and I had to take a month out which caused me to miss last year's AGM.
“Mike was fantastic for me at that point and I'm now back working every day in this new, virtual environment with Zoom meetings. I think my colleagues would say I've done my fair share.
“No [it never crossed my mind to step down completely]. I'm someone who works hard. I think people would always say that about me.
“I've got a pretty robust constitution having been brought up in a working environment on a farm. I've got a degree of resilience about me.
“If I'm not able to do the job, I'll be the first guy to stand aside and let people get on with it.
“But I've had tremendous support from Mike, the board, staff and family and friends. I'm delighted to be here and I'm looking forward to the World Cup qualifiers in September.
“I'm focused on what needs to be done during my next two years in office."
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