Gout Gout doesn't want to put any limits on what he might do on his eagerly awaited senior global championships debut in the 200m heats in Tokyo.
But he also acknowledges the legendary Usain Bolt makes a valid point that even the very best can hit speed bumps transitioning from junior superstar to the senior ranks.
The good news is the remarkably composed 17-year-old Queensland schoolboy gives no indication that he can't take it all in his stride.
He's avoided big guns Noah Lyles, Kenny Bednarek and Paris Olympics champion Letsile Tebogo in the world championships 200m heats on Wednesday evening which is handy.
Makanakaishe Charamba of Zimbabwe and Jamaican Bryan Levell have both run sub-20 seconds this year, something Gout has yet to manage, except when aided by an illegal tailwind.
But they are hardly household names and with the top three from each heat advancing automatically - along with the next six fastest overall - Gout has every chance of charging into the semi-finals.
Breaking his own national record of 20.02 seconds and becoming the first Australian to dip under the 20-second barrier in the half-lap sprint is right on the cards too.
"Being the first Australian to do it is something I think about all the time," Gout said in his only pre-race media conference in Tokyo.
"Being able to run under 20 seconds is a great achievement.
"When you get under 20 seconds you know that you can achieve more because running 19 seconds, you know you're up there in the top 15 or 20 in the world."
Another pair of promising young Australian sprinters, Calab Law and Aidan Murphy, will contest the 200m heats.
In the opening round of the women's 200m, most eyes will be on Torrie Lewis, who preceded Gout as the next great hope of Australian sprinting.
Still only 20, Lewis bettered her own Australian 100m record with a heat time of 11.08 on day one of the world championships.
She was inconsolable after getting eliminated in the semis and will be eager to regroup in the 200m.
Australia also has a full contingent of three runners in the women's 200m, with Lewis joined by Mia Gross and Kirstie Edwards.
