Before Scott Parker can talk about drive, first there is a telling smile and a revelation about driving his family mad.
Parker, understandably, is in high spirits. It is two weeks since Club Bruges rang to reveal they wanted him to be their new manager. The Belgians, whose pedigree is rich, were prepared to give the 42-year-old time to think but no thinking time was needed.
Here, in his words, was 'an amazing opportunity' and nobody would argue with that. Four months on from his brutal sacking by Bournemouth, Parker is in charge of a young team who, in four weeks, square up to Benfica in the Champions League last 16.