Robbie McDaid insists Glentoran will continue their "humble and modest" approach after climbing to the top of the Irish Premiership table.
Saturday's 1-0 win over Warrenpoint Town - coupled with Linfield's 3-0 defeat to Coleraine - saw the Glens hit the summit with just 13 games remaining in this season's title race.
It puts Mick McDermott's men in pole position heading into the business end of the campaign, with a huge showdown with the Blues coming up on February 11.
Before that Glentoran have an Irish Cup second-round tie with Queen's University and then a Premiership meeting with relegation-threatened Portadown.
McDaid - who scored the winner in Saturday's narrow victory over Warrenpoint - told BBC Sportsound: "The Linfield game is the one everyone is talking about, but the gaffer has it beat into us that we take it each game at a time. And as cliched as it is, that's all you can do.
"Every game from here on in is a cup final, but we will be looking no further than Queen's in the Irish Cup.
"Fans might think that's boring, but that's our ethos and we have to be humble and modest and work our socks off in every game.
"This league is getting tougher every year, and today proves that. A team at the bottom of the table takes us to the wire so you can take no game for granted and you have to turn up every Saturday."
McDaid headed home Hrvoje Plum's free-kick in the 38th minute to earn the Glens their win on Saturday.
It was the defining moment in a scrappy affair at the Oval.
"It was a tough game, ugly at times," McDaid added.
"But on a day like that the three points is all it's about. The conditions were tough but we played them well in the first half.
"We didn't get the second and third goal and when you don't kill those kind of teams off it becomes tough, and the last 10 or 15 minutes were a bit edgy, but we managed to see it out.
"We had to be patient, because the conditions were tough for both teams. But we came out well and created a couple of chances.
"Obviously I stuck away one, but we had two or three other chances to make an easier job for ourselves. But it's about grinding outing results and we managed to do that."
With just 13 games remaining this season, McDaid says results are all that matter for the Glens.
The former Leeds United striker said: "Grinding out results like that, they are massive come the end of the season.
"Of course you want to perform for the fans and everything else, but I am sure everyone would have taken a poor performance and three points today.
"It probably wasn't as clean cut as some of the performances of recent weeks but we still managed to get out of here with three points."
