Kevin Kyle would dive if it meant earning Scotland a place in a major tournament.
The Kilmarnock forward knows such a move would lead to him being pilloried, but insists the end result would be worth the hassle.
The debate about diving is back in the headlines again after David Ngog won a dubious penalty to earn Liverpool a draw with Birmingham on Monday night.
Asked if he would resort to similar tactics to earn Scotland a spot at the World Cup or European championships, Kyle said: “Of course I would.
“A lot has been made of diving and, to be perfectly honest, I don’t know how to dive because I’m just not that kind of person.
“But, if it meant my team getting an advantage and a penalty?
“I would probably take the opportunity.
“I’m not going to lie, I’m an honest kind of person.
“I probably would because you go out on a Saturday afternoon just wanting your team to win at any cost and you take every opportunity available to you.
“Yes, you will get criticised and hounded by the press and slaughtered for doing it.
“But the only thing that matters is your team getting a victory.”
Kyle was also honest about his desire to use his call-up for this weekend’s friendly in Wales to put himself in the shop window and earn a return to the Championship, where he still believes he has unfinished business.
He said: “I came to Kilmarnock just to get games under my belt and get my career back on track.
“That has happened and I’ve scored lots of goals and been rewarded with a call-up for the national team.
“I’ve got a short-term deal at Kilmarnock and, if I do well for Scotland, people will obviously be watching and I could maybe put myself in the shop window to go somewhere else.
“I’m a player who wants to play at the highest possible level I can and I want to win things and achieve things.
“I’ve got the drive and ambition back now and I want to do the best I possibly can.
“If I can do well for Scotland, then that’s a great step and an added boost.
“I know that I had a bad time at Coventry in the Championship and I would like to get back there and prove I was good enough.
“I’d like to go back there and prove a point and prove to myself I am capable of going down to the Championship and scoring goals.”
Kilmarnock manager Jim Jefferies used the possibility of a Scotland recall to tempt Kyle to sign for the Ayrshire club but the big forward admits he never believed it would happen until he received the call from George Burley.
“I probably didn’t believe it would happen because when I left Coventry I was really low on confidence and wondering where my career was heading,” he said.
“It was like the start of the free1fall.
“I had to go somewhere where most weeks I was going to be given an opportunity to play 90 minutes and get my game back on track.
“Jim Jefferies said he would give me that and he would get me back in the Scotland squad.
“Now I’ve got to thank Jim Jefferies because he has stuck to his word.”