You speak to people instrumental in Aston Villa striker Jhon Duran's career and some common themes come up - a raw, supremely talented footballer, a family man - and somebody who needs to be guided.
The 20-year-old Colombia striker has made headlines with a goal every 83 minutes in the Premier League - and is set to face Champions League giants Bayern Munich on Wednesday.
It has been a pretty rapid rise for one of the youngest goalscorers in Colombian professional football history - and the youngest ever foreign signing in Major League Soccer.
"We told him, today he is here in El Dorado fields, tomorrow he could be stepping into the best stadiums in the world and facing the best players in the world," youth coach Wilberth Perea Mena, who first met Duran as a 14-year-old at his first club Envigado, told BBC Sport.