One glance is all it takes. It'll slice through your soul if you aren't careful - but for his interviews with athletes at TU/e this skill proves an asset. Talking, asking questions he digs down to the essence, producing a series of fine personal portraits about the beauty of sport (the Dutch texts of which are littered with Flemish sayings due, says his brother, to his watching too much cycling on Belgian TV). His colleagues at the Student Sports Center describe Raymond as a real team player - ample evidence for which is provided by his many successes over the years as coach of the ladies teams at student indoor football club Totelos.