David Warner is getting greedy.
The Australian opener is satisfied, but not sated, by centuries against India in each innings of the first Test.
Warner says the memory of his late mate Phillip Hughes inspired him to the rare feat - he's now one of just five Australians to do it twice or more.
But he wants more. And he wants them big.
"For me it's now about when I'm making those hundreds, I've got to make big hundreds and turn them into double-hundreds," Warner said.
"That is my next goal. When I'm in, I have got to go big.
"Like Michael Clarke did against India last time - double-hundred after double-hundred.
"They are the achievements you want and they are the ones that get recognised a lot."
Warner rode his luck in making 102 on Friday to follow his first innings 145.
He was bowled by a no ball on 66, dropped on 89.
And he thought often of how Hughes scored a ton in both innings in a Test against South Africa in 2009.
"Definitely it was in the back of my mind," he said of Hughes' achievement.
"We have been seeing the highlights of his back-to-back hundreds in the last week or so, and it's a fitting thing I think.
"He was giving me some luck out there today, which is fortunate enough for myself."
Warner joined Ricky Ponting as the only Australians to score centuries in both innings of a Test twice in a calendar year.
Ponting made back-to-back tons three times in his glittering career.
And Warner has now joined Greg Chappell, Allan Border and Matthew Hayden in doing it twice.
The dynamic left-hander has banked six centuries in his past 11 Test knocks.
But he knows what goes up, must come down.
"You have got to keep riding this rollercoaster and keep doing my job for the team - and that is scoring runs at the top," he said.
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