Vaclav Cerny relishes the "constant pressure" which comes with playing with Rangers, having experienced the same intensity with Ajax.
The 26-year-old spent four years with the Dutch giants, but his spell was plagued by injury as he missed their Europa League final against Manchester United in 2017.
But the Czech Republic international believes that period on the sidelines, as well as his initial long-term absence with a knee injury, has formed the player he is.
"I've been through a lot during my career," he said after helping Rangers to their League Cup quarter-final win against Dundee.
"I had two big, big injuries, so that forms how you are, your experiences from previous clubs, but also you personally.
"I'm just enjoying myself being on the pitch, and I just want to give this club back what they've given me until now.
"As a football player, you play for a club, you play for your team-mates, for your coaches but when you're injured for so long, all of a sudden you're basically on your own. That's what is a struggle, actually.
"You have to find the mentality to come through it, because you have examples of players who don't come out of those injuries.
"Those things tested me so well and you realise even more what it means to play on these stages and makes me enjoy it even more. Literally, that's why I'm the kind of player that I am now."
His role right now is to help Phillipe Clement's side keep pace with league leaders Celtic. The demands to do that is something he is familiar with.
"It is similar [to Ajax], so it's good to know how it feels to be in a club that demands a lot," he added,
"Fans, the club itself, you need to play for trophies and you want that as well as a player, and we all realise that.
"Obviously clubs like Ajax, they want to win titles every single year, and that's more than normal. There is a constant pressure, but that's a good thing also.
"We don't have to make it bigger than it is, so it's just up to us to focus."