And there are countless examples of rewards for corporate failure.
Like the status Wolves and Burnley currently enjoy, two decades after locking horns in the Fourth Division, such prizes represent a reward for countless nights of hard graft at unglamorous venues.
Hurrah for Geraint Thomas at the Commonwealth Games road race on a filthy Glasgow day, a first cycling gold for a Welshman at a Commonwealths and a reward for countless hours aiding Sir Bradley Wiggins, Chris Froome and Mark Cavendish to their own triumphs.
Rewards realized by countless success stories: from Winamp and Spinner, to Last.fm, Pandora, Gracenote, iTunes, MySpace, Facebook, Tumblr and all the popular blogging platforms, YouTube, VEVO, ringtone companies, lyrics sites, music-oriented games (Guitar Hero, Tap Tap Revenge, etc).
From Nicole Kidman's Virginia Woolf nose to Gwyneth Paltrow's moustache via Charlize Theron's Monster and countless others, gruelling transformations are usually rewarded more highly than lower key, more subtle-looking, contemporary-set acting.
This multi-instrument, multi-spacecraft effort has provided many rewards, with some spectacular observations of countless eruptions.
America's partners have held countless meetings with Iran to offer technical and economic rewards if the Iranians only stop enriching uranium.
In summary, the study of Shakespeare and aging could occupy not only countless doctoral dissertations, but is a pursuit that reaps changing rewards in every new reading or performance of the Bard's works.
Monopoly, the cause of countless family arguments, is often said to be a game that rewards the most ruthless – but the latest UK and Ireland champion believes the key to winning is to sometimes treat your opponents kindly.
This points to enormous continued growth in the mobile space over the coming years, and countless droves of mobile-focused startups are emerging to reap the rewards.
