When Matt Weston closes his eyes on the skeleton starting blocks, he will visualise perfection.
The perfect line around the twisty Cortina track, the highest top-speed and his name at the top of the timesheets at the halfway stage.
The men’s skeleton is one of the most eagerly-awaited events of the Winter Olympic Games and Weston is one of the favourites for the gold.
The 28-year-old has consistently delivered in recent years, winning two world titles, two European crowns and making history on the World Cup circuit.
Blocking out the noise will be crucial but the 28-year-old says he will have no issues doing that on Thursday.
It will be him against the track, nothing else.
“I'm a massive perfectionist and that manifests itself into a lot of ways in my life,” he said.
“But I think in skeleton, even when I win, I'm sometimes annoyed because I haven't won correctly, or how I want to.
“It's very much that perfection, looking for that fastest, perfect line.
“Let's face it, we're basically on the edge of grip, controlled, skidding down a mountain.
“It’s so hard to reach perfection and that motivates me.”
Weston has been flying in the early practice runs and is so at ease on the track, he decided to rest on Wednesday.
Of the four practice sessions he did, he was fastest in three of them and second in the other.
“There's a bit more pressure, but I think after the past few seasons I've had, there's a little bit more confidence as well coming into it,” he added.
“It’s been like that for the past few years, not necessarily external pressure but internal.
“I’m going there for one reason, one reason only, and that's to win. So it's kind of the same for me here.
“At the moment, I'm just really enjoying myself. I'm having a good time.
“Standing on the podium, it's the goal. It's the biggest thing in the world you can get in a sport.
“To win the Olympic gold medal would mean everything to me but it also would mean a lot to my team, my family, my fiancée’.
“Everyone that's been at home and supported me, that's pushed me through the tougher times. It would mean a lot for those guys as well.”
His biggest rival for gold might come in the shape of teammate Marcus Wyatt.
Weston won five of the seven World Cup races this season, while 34-year-old Wyatt claimed the other two.
“I feel like I am riding the crest of a wave at the moment,” he said.
“The last season, the last four years have gone so well. It has been amazing. We have gone from strength to strength off the back of Beijing.
“I am ultimately super happy to be going into Cortina aiming for a medal because it is absolutely possible.
“At my first Games, I allowed myself to be overawed and taken in by all these sights and sounds. It was a lot.
“This time I know what to expect, from the village, from the food hall, from seeing the Olympic rings on the course. This time it’s about going in, doing my job and having a big party afterwards.”
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