So says Mitch Harvey - the tall, redhaired, built-like-a-brick-latrine teenager who arrived at Alberton courtesy of last year's national draft.
He's played every game for the Magpies in 2014 - a remarkable achievement for any 18-year-old - and is set for the biggest game of his life to date when Port Adelaide plays Norwood for the SANFL premiership at 2:40pm today.
Like so many new players at Alberton this year, particularly Darcy-Byrne Jones, Karl Amon, Daniel Flynn and Sam Russell, the Magpies League side has afforded a chance to mix it with some of the biggest names in state league footy - many of whom are former AFL players.
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The SANFL of 2014 hasn't been like that of years gone by.
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Playing well-drilled opponents has only been of benefit to teenagers like Harvey, and it's that experience he plans to use in the grand final, and rolling into 2015.
"I was speaking to Kenny [Hinkley] the other day about how much development I've done since coming to the club in November - learning about how we want to play, about myself and how my body works, and all the aspects of footy," Harvey told portadelaidefc.com.au earlier this week.
"In terms of performance, I've been happy to play every game and get better where I can, and having done a lot of ruck work with Renouf and Reddo injured has been something I've really enjoyed.
"I've been able to see the benefits of training in my ruck work, and I work pretty closely with Burgo [Darren Burgess] to get the most out of my fitness which will only be a good thing next year.
"Hopefully I can keep improving my fitness base because if I do it will be something I can use to my advantage going forward."
This will be Harvey's first senior grand final, having played underage finales in junior football.
For many of his teammates it will be their debut grand final apperance at any level - a massive, pressure-packed opportunity to win their way into Port Adelaide and SANFL history.
They'll need to take that pressure and use it to their advantage like Port Adelaide premiership sides of old, because they understand the importance of winning on Sunday.
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"Buddha's been massive on it, and past SANFL premiership players have come up and rammed home the importance of Port Adelaide and SANFL Premierships," Harvey explains.
"Being from South Australia and a fan of the club, I already knew that history, but I think over the course of the season our interstate boys have quickly realised how important and special the jumper is to our fans, and playing good footy to get into a grand final.
The Magpies are competing for their 37th SA premiership on Sunday
"We know how much it would mean to everyone to win a premiership against Norwood, who we respect because they're a great team.
"And we know how important it is to respect the jumper - we've been fortunate enough to wear it all year - and we want to do the right thing by it and the club.
"We saw how important it was to the AFL boys in the final against Richmond - the way they played showed how much it meant to them - basically, you don't lose when you wear it.
"It would be fantastic for all of us to wear it in a grand final, and hopefully to winning a flag."
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As important it is to understand the significance of playing in an SANFL Grand Final for Port Adelaide (now 15 years without the Thomas Seymour Hill premiership trophy) it's more important to understand the here-and-now of the club's on-field values.
Port Adelaide has played two quarters of football in two weeks - in one case, it almost qualified the Magpies for the Grand Final against Norwood, in the other it smashed South Adelaide and lay a platform to win the preliminary final.
Having been granted the chance to play the Redlegs again, Harvey says the Magpies will be going out to play their hardest and toughest football for 120 minutes.
"Against Norwood and South we've only played one quarter, and we came within two kicks of Norwood and beat South by 20 points," Harvey says.
"If we play four quarters, we'd be confident in our ability to run out the game and that's the main message that will go with us into the match.
"South challenged us early, and we weathered the storm there a bit, but we had confidence in our legs to carry us through.
"Sometimes you have to find a way to win and we put in a really strong third quarter against South and then defended well on the back of that.
"As has been said all year, we play our best off our best defence, so if we can get that right - especially early against Norwood - we'll be in good a good place on Sunday."
