What story elements of "the baseball player who wanted more" are typical of folktales such as "the stonecutter who was never satisfied"?

In the story of "The Baseball Player Who Wanted More" and "The Stonecutter Who Was Never Satisfied" , the characters have the same idea, they aren't satisfied with the achievements they had reached, Stanley the stonecutter, was transformed in all the characters he wanted but he never felt satisfied.

Maybe being yourself isn't so bad, right?

i'm not good at running

um, what am i suppose to answer here? it just said that he will studied hared because of a grade in spanish.