Maybe you would expect nothing less for £105million, but the Premier League's most expensive British footballer, Declan Rice, has become a machine in both mind and body, learning from other sports such as boxing and golf.
Rice, whose completed move from West Ham to Arsenal will raise hopes that this season's title race won't be a one-team procession, is the home boy who may have preferred to stay in the capital even if Manchester City had matched the Hammers' asking price.
A boyhood Chelsea fan, Rice's initial dream was to return to Stamford Bridge - from where he was released aged 14 - in a blaze of glory.