Strives constantly to be the best at everything that he does....

 Consider

https://youtu.be/-Ns2FkZNTC0

Also considering book, Silent Coup:

https://books.google.com.au/books/about/Silent_Coup.html?id=gjmvEAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=kp_read_button&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&gboemv=1&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false