It's become a virtual mantra for the 21-year-old who's endured a well-publicised injury nightmare over the past three seasons - specifically three ACL tears.

Hawks fans don't need reminding, but it's why they've taken a special pleasure in watching the flame-haired guard's form-surge over the last month.

Drip-fed sparing minutes earlier in the season, Glover dropped 15 points at 60 per cent from the field in just over 12 minutes on court against Melbourne on Monday.

I followed a career-high 17 points, with seven rebounds, against Brisbane a week earlier with an injury to boom rookie LaMelo Ball forcing coach Matt Flinn to reach deeper into his guard rotation.

Having watched a tonne more basketball than he ever wanted to over the past three years, Glover's determined to keep the momentum rolling in this week's away-home double against Adelaide on Friday and New Zealand on Sunday.

"You never want to see anyone go down with injury, and we're obviously looking forward to having Melo back but, when you see that opportunity you've got to take it," Glover said.

"There's opportunity to play at the moment with Melo being out. I think the last couple of games I've taken my opportunity with both hands and I've just got to keep doing that.

"It's definitely pleasing seeing the ball go through the hoop but I'm just trying to play my part to help the team win. That's the most important thing for me, winning."

He's certainly made a case to hold onto the valuable minutes plenty consider overdue when Ball returns, but Glover said he never expected to shoot out of the gates after such a long stint on the sidelines.

"I always knew it was going to take a little bit of time after being out of the game for so long," Glover said.

"I played in the offseason [Waratah League] a little bit but the level's obviously a lot different to the NBL.

"I think I showed some glimpses of what I could do in the preseason but, speaking with my dad, we always thought it'd be around December that I'd start showing my stuff a bit and feeling more comfortable out there.

"I've been putting a lot of work in and I've had some really good back, to back, to back training weeks over the last month or so. I know what I'm capable of but it's one of those things, whether I'm playing [minutes] or not, I've just got to play my role in the team.

"My role is to be that energy guy off the bench, I just focus on that do that and let the rest take care of itself."

Ball's arrival in Wollongong has put plenty of fresh eyes on the Hawks and the NBL, in particular NBA scouts. Glover attracted plenty of those eyes himself at Nike Hoops Summit 2017 before unfortunately suffering the second of three ACL tears.

He certainly hasn't given up on his NBA dream - but those ambitions are a bit further down the track than he typically allows himself to look these days, even as scouts arrive en masse to watch the Hawks.

"Everyone knows there's eyes on the league now with what Melo and RJ [Hampton] have done in coming over here," Glover said.

"I don't worry about it too much, I only worry about what I can control which is how I play, my effort, my work at training and things like that.

"I only worry about what's in front of me at any given moment which is trying to win our next game or whatever else I need to focus on at the time.

"I'm conscious of it but it's not really on my mind at all, certainly not while I'm playing. When I'm playing I don't think about it at all. It's all about playing my best and trying to stay out there and enjoy being injury-free.

"I've had some doubters from the start of the year so it's been good to stay on court, but I don't read too much into it or worry about scouts or anything like that.

"I just let my game do the talking and the rest will take care of itself."