That is the message the Notts County players must take into tomorrow's clash with local rivals Peterborough.
The importance of this weekend's match cannot be underestimated as Gudjon Thordarson's team look to halt a run of three successive defeats.
Thordarson looked to have found the winning formula when just one defeat, four wins and a draw during January saw his side rocket towards the League Two playoff positions and Thor himself nominated for the Manager of the Month award.
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This has left the Magpies six points behind the top seven clubs, with Thordarson realising that tomorrow's game is of paramount importance to the club's ailing promotion hopes.
Tomorrow's opponents are currently in that all-elusive top seven, despite suffering recent off-the-field turmoil.
Manager Mark Wright has now officialy left the club, after a behind-the-scenes row. Caretaker boss Steve Bleasdale has immediately revitalised the squad and has guided his side to sixth position, after spending much of the season sat just outside the playoff positions.
Posh striker Richard Logan is set to miss the game after sustaining a hamstring injury, but former Notts loanee James Quinn should start.
Quinn is Peterborough's second top-scorer with seven goals, but some of those were scored whilst on-loan at Bristol City.
Bleasdale has admitted that goal-scoring is a major problem, but has been thwarted in his attempts to sign a marksman on-loan this week.
It is a problem not unlike the one faced by Thordarson at Meadow Lane. The County boss has publicly lamented his striker's lack of goals today and admits that the problem needs to be addressed if the Magpies are to have any chance of sustaining any sort of promotion push.
Just two goals from open play have been scored from County's frontmen in three and a half months, while Eugene Dadi received criticism after a highly-lacklustre display against Wycombe in mid-week.
Dadi is likely to be partnered in attack by new-boy Daniel Chillingworth, who made his debut on Tuesday night.
Thordarson has no injury concerns going into the game and may opt to give a full debut to gigantic French midfielder Noe Sissoko, who was a late substitute during the 2-1 defeat against Wycombe.
Notts (from): Pilkington, O'Callaghan, Baudet, Wilson, Martin, Pipe, Palmer, McMahon, Crooks, Edwards, Sissoko, Needham, Dadi, Chillingworth, DeBolla, Marshall, Friars, Ullathorne, Long, Sheridan, Scoffham.