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Defender Ben Nelson said Leicester City have to harness the unwanted pressure of their relegation battle to fight their way out of trouble.
The Foxes remain third from bottom in the Championship despite taking a point from their 1-1 draw with second-placed Middlesbrough on Tuesday.
It was the second draw in four days under boss Gary Rowett, who took helm of the club just a week ago.
Rowett's first home game in charge will be against Norwich City on Saturday in what Nelson said is yet another "big game" in their battle for survival.
"Every game is big at this stage, and we know that," he told BBC Radio Leicester.
"We have that pressure on us in the position we are in. But all we can do is take it game by game, and if we can keep picking up points every game we will be in a great position.
"We don't want to be in this situation, but you always want to be playing for something in the league and have something riding on the game. That is definitely something we can use to keep us hungry."
Rowett said taking a "big point" in their draw with Boro was a timely reminder of what Leicester's ambitions had been this season after being relegated from the Premier League last term.
"You have to respect the fact that Middlesbrough are where we want to be, and perhaps were expected to be, but we're not - and there are reasons for that," he said.
Among the reasons - and those beyond the six points they have been deducted for historical breaches of spending rules - is Leicester's woeful defensive record.
They have not kept a clean sheet in 28 league matches and have conceded 54 goals, which is the second worst record in the division ahead of already relegated Sheffield Wednesday.
In each of Rowett's two games at the helm, Leicester have led. Conceding three goals across those matches, however, cost them.
On Tuesday, it was Caleb Okoli who put Leicester ahead, but the defender went on to give the ball away in the build-up to the hosts' equaliser just before half-time.
Nelson said the Foxes were "gutted" to concede in such a way but their resolute second-half performance showed they are "going in the right direction".
"We could have crumbled there, but we stuck to it in the second half, kept them out, and that is the main thing," he said.
"We want to keep that clean sheet and it will come."