It wasn't the jaw-dropping solo efforts from his own half that fuelled former Ilkeston Town manager Kevin Wilson's belief that Che Adams would rise from the seventh tier of English football to the Premier League.
Nor was it the man-of-the-match performances as a 16-year-old in friendly games against the likes of Sheffield United, Leicester City and Birmingham City.
It was, in fact, the commitment to travel by bus 60 miles up and down the M1 on a three-hour round trip for a wage of just £40 per week.
After a heart-rending release from Coventry City three years prior, giving the game up was perhaps the easier option for the current Southampton and Scotland striker - but Adams "was willing to put everything in" to reach the top.