Cian Healy has less interest in breaking Brian O'Driscoll's Ireland appearance record of 133 caps than winning another trophy or two before he hangs up his boots.
Healy, 35, is in line to make his 120th appearance for his country in Saturday's Autumn series clash with Fiji. The veteran Leinster prop is currently 14 caps shy of O'Driscoll's record.
He is currently contracted until the World Cup finals in France next year, and it is not yet known if the Dubliner will play for Leinster and Ireland beyond that.
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But, even with a Grand Slam, two Triple Crowns and three Six Nations championships banked in total at Test level, plus four Heineken Champions Cups, seven URC titles and a Challenge Cup for his province, the loosehead is more interested in bagging more medals.
"I could have 200 caps and no medals and I know where I'd be happier," said Healy.
"I'd take another five (caps) if I got some more silverware for it, instead of another 20. I think a cap number without reward is not so important."
On a similar theme, Healy is dismissive of the fact that Ireland are the world's number one ranked side at this stage in the World Cup cycle, with the finals to come next September and October.
"Personally I would tend not to look at that sort of stuff," he said.
"I wouldn't take a ranking into account because I don't have a medal for a ranking. That's how I look at things.
"With your preparation though, you're preparing to be the best version of yourself and if everyone prepares to be the version of themselves we should continue to grow.
After Saturday's high of beating world champions South Africa, Healy is looking forward to a different type of challenge from Fiji as Andy Farrell is set to make changes to his team.
"We have a standard of what's acceptable and what we want to achieve and go above and it's not acceptable to let that slip," stated Healy.
"What's not respectful is to let that slip also.
"We need to respect our opposition and what they're going to bring and by doing that we need to bring our A game and put out our best performance.
"With that mentality, you can use it across the board for whoever you play against."
Healy has adjusted to coming off the bench when called upon for Andrew Porter and admits he is loving life as part of Farrell's squad set-up.
"They're all very different, and different characters, but this is probably one of the most enjoyable squads I've been in across the board from the beginning," he said.
"It's cultured around people being themselves and allowed to express themselves, working unbelievably hard when we're working and enjoying each other's company when we're off.
"I think what the coaches and staff have done is really good in the sense that it takes the anxieties out of unnecessary areas for us.
"When that's gone, all we have to do as players is do our work and that's something positive, because people aren't sitting in their room, worrying about things.
"We chat through everything, everything is an open forum. All of that sort of stuff just leads really well into people being comfortable and feeling like they're a part of what's gone on."
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