Everton striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin hopes he's over the worst of his injuries
Calvert-Lewin struck the winner against preseason opponents Sporting CP on the weekend.
"It's been a vicious cycle of rushing back, with an expectation on me to be back and not being allowed time to get 100% fit," he told BBC Radio.
"The manager [Sean Dyche] came in and said, 'You're not coming back until you are fully fit'. When I come back, I am not a passenger, I have a job to do leading the line.
"He has shown patience, deflecting all attention that is always put on me about 'when he's back?'. He took that load off me.
"It was almost like factory reset when the season finished. It was like, 'What can we do differently, what's going wrong?'."
He added, "I am still on my journey of becoming a better player and I feel like my best has not been seen yet, even though I have hit good levels so far.
"When you can't physically do that and perform on a regular basis, it is the most frustrating thing in the world.
"It's a mental battle when you are getting injured all the time. When you are on the pitch you are probably not fully committing as you feel something might go wrong.
"I am over that now and in a good space of mind to go and attack the season."