Already an Olympic, World, European and Commonwealth champion, Max Whitlock is not content with his lot.
Having idolised Japanese superstar Kohei Uchimura, Whitlock shared a podium with the triple Olympic champion in Rio and now wants to beat him, in his homeland.
In four years time, the Olympic Games will land in Japan, where Uchimura is a hero, but the ten-time world champion will be 31 by that time, with Whitlock four years his junior and in his prime.
But Whitlock knows he won’t have it all his own way as he looks to upgrade his all-around bronze, to gold.
“It’s going to be wide open,” said the 23-year-old, speaking at the launch of the London leg of the World Cup of Gymnastics.
“There will be a lot of people coming through the woodwork before then, the young ones coming up.
“Nile [Wilson] has proved himself as an all rounder, so he’ll be a strong one as well. But me, I’ll keep doing what I’m doing, I’ll train as hard as possible and be the best I can be.
“Looking at the rest of the world there will be a lot of top competitors there as well. It will be tough, nothing is easy, even if Uchimura leaves or is getting older by then, nothing is easy.
“I’ll be getting in the gym and looking forward to learning new stuff over the next four years.”
Whitlock’s bronze in the all-around was Team GB’s first medal in the event for 108 years, and his gold on the floor was our nation’s first ever in Olympic history.
When he added pommel horse gold to his tally just 90 minutes later, he took his individual Olympic medal count to five, with two bronzes already won at London 2012.
And the South Essex Gymnastics Club member said that while his experiences of four years ago were a help, trying to compare Olympic Games was a fool’s errand.
“Having the experience from London definitely helped in Rio, but what I’ve learned now is that every Olympic Games experience is very different,” he added.
“I was looking forward to comparing it to London, but I’ve realised there is no comparison at all.
“It is very hard to compare, they are so, so different.
“But what London it did do is calm me in Rio. I was going into Rio knowing that I had two Olympic medals already.
“I could look back on that and think I just had to do my best to try and add to that. I had to do what I could do and if the results and medals came then I would’ve been over the moon, and thankfully they did and it was a good few weeks.”
Since returning from Rio Whitlock has been enjoying some of the trappings of his new-found fame, including appearances at the GQ Awards and meeting HRH Prince Charles.
And while he will allow himself some downtime in the next four years as he builds up to Tokyo, winning medals is what motivates him, not being a superstar.
“For me everything is about competition, I want to try and retain titles and to win new ones,” he said.
“Last year’s world championships, getting that gold medal, I want to go to next year’s and try and do the same job.And then the same in Tokyo would be incredible.
“It’s a very hard job but that’s what pushes me so hard. That is my main focus, especially for the next four years.” Sportsbeat 2016