first off you have to be mentally and physically tougher. But more than that you have to be ready from whistle to whistle. If you say oh well they did this and we did not expect it, then that is on you. Landry and Johnson prepared for multiple contingencies. When landry had smaller linemen he change how they blocked when jimmy had his guys get bigger and faster.....and better with hands and feet landry did too. You have to not only be prepared for different styles of play from opponents but adjust quickly to match it. But you always want to set tempo and physicality whether on offense or defense for the game. otherwise you get beat down and wonder "well don't they know who we are?" Guess what good teams don't care. when it is time to play you are either ready or you are not if you are not then you did not train or prepare properly and wasted everyone's time and money. If you want to be a superstar you have to train and do all the right things to be a superstar. Cool jewelry doesn't do it on the field.