And he figures if he's going to achieve it, now is the time to start working toward it.

That's because the Colts rookie wide receiver’s goal involves training camp. Specifically, it is about maximizing his performance when camp begins at the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology on July 29.

Gonzalez wants perfection, at least when it comes to what he can control, and if it’s going to happen, he said he needs to work now.

Really, really work.

“My thing is I kind of challenged myself a while back not to have any mental errors when training camp opened,” Gonzalez said Tuesday as the Colts’ continued their summer-school sessions at their practice facility.

“We’re still a ways away from that and I’m a ways away from that goal. At the same time, you have to find little gimmicks and clues as to how you’re going to pick up different things and what each word means and how it translates to a route or play.”

That, Gonzalez said this week, is what the last few weeks have been about, and what the next few weeks will be about, too:

Picking up routes.

Honing timing with quarterback Peyton Manning.

Learning the subtleties of a new offense.

Gonzalez, who spoke to the Indianapolis media Tuesday for the first time since the Colts’ summer-school session began on May 22, made it to professional football by focusing on such details, Colts Head Coach Tony Dungy said Tuesday.

And Dungy said he sees no signs of that focus blurring.

“Anthony, I think, is going to be a very good player for us,” Dungy said. “He’s a guy who really pays attention to details. That’s unique for a young guy. Most young people who come in are really just trying to learn what they’re supposed to do and learn their assignments and the basics of them.

“He wants to know what’s going on and he wants to learn every little detail of what he’s supposed to do. I think that’s probably why he was a good player in college and why I think he’s going to be a good player (here).

“We knew he could catch the ball and had quickness in and out of breaks, and the things you need to do to be a good receiver, but his mindset is very, very impressive.”

Gonzalez, the No. 32 overall selection in the April NFL Draft, caught 87 passes for 1,286 yards and 13 touchdowns at Ohio State. The Colts drafted him with the idea he can replace former wide receiver Brandon Stokley, who played in the slot receiver position the last four seasons.

Gonzalez said he has begun the process of studying the Colts’ offense to fully understand the slot receiver’s role.

“I’ve looked a good deal at it,” he said. “My approach is I’ll look at a game a day. I’ve seen a decent amount. Obviously, I have more to look at. I have a ways to go. I’ll get there. I have time. That’s the good thing.

“There’s no substitute for experience, and in my situation, I’m just trying to get as many experiences as possible, trying to get with Peyton as often as possible to go over signals and go over routes, how he wants certain things run.”

Gonzalez, who attended the Colts’ three-day rookie camp a week after the draft, missed the team’s mini-camp in mid-May because of a league rule requiring he attend Reebok’s NFL Player Rookie Premier in Los Angeles.

“I feel like I’m a little bit behind,” Gonzalez said. “It was a rule that was imposed on me and a few of the other guys. We had to go to the rookie premiere. It was one that I obviously wasn’t crazy about, but it’s what it is. You’ve got follow all the rules, so that’s just how it works.

“You catch up by doing a little bit extra every day. That’s something that has always come natural to me. I’m not the type of guy who shows up as late as humanly possible and leaves as early as humanly possible. That’s never been how I’ve gone about my business.

“Really, it’s just putting in a little extra work. That’s all very natural.”

Said Dungy, “He’s behind a little bit, but we tell them all that we’re not really trying to get ready for August 1 or July 4. We’re trying to get ready for September and he has a long time to catch up, as will the other guys.”

Something else happened last week, too, Gonzalez said. For the first time, he said he realized the difference between the speed of the NFL and college football.

“It’s a lot faster,” he said. “It’s a little bit different. It’s something you adjust to. It was nothing that was overwhelming. It was just something that I noticed.”

For the most part, Gonzalez said his early days in the NFL have gone as expected. Yes, there were some initial nerves working with Manning and yes, the speed is an adjustment, but not one he can’t handle.

“The last couple of days, I’ve really progressed,” Gonzalez said. “Last week, I thought I made some strides.”

Gonzalez said he has approached the adjustment period the only way he knows how - by pouring himself into learning one of the NFL’s most complex, advanced offenses.

And by striving for as much perfection as he can control.

“This is the time, really, when a lot of the vets are around and it’s probably a little bit slower in terms of what they put in offensively,” Gonzalez said. “In that way, it’s a lot like being a young college football player. At the same time, they can’t slow up too much. So, you do have to get in your playbook. You have to study at night. You have to take care of everything you can take care of so when you get on the field you can move as quickly as possible.”