By his early 20s, he had earned the laurel of full arrival, a signature board produced by a major skating gear company.
He is called upon to spread the wisdom of Gronam Ox, the wisest man of the village council of sages, who earned the laurel by solving a sour-cream shortage.
Wenger, leading the tributes, was thrilled to see Ljungberg earning the laurels his inspirational performances deserve: 'Freddie is really a winner and this is his first trophy at Arsenal.
"We have just had a successful period and, although I wouldn't suggest we intend to rest on our laurels, I think we have earned the right to enjoy the fruits of our labours.
Kubrick earned the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, and was nominated for both the Directors Guild of America Award, and the Laurel Award (on which 2001 was named the Best Road Show of 1968).
Bradley earned the Daily Pilot Newport-Mesa Dream Team Player of the Year honor, a share of the Pacific Coast League MVP, and All-CIF laurels.
And where United lost its place at the pinnacle of the European game, Barça indisputably earned its laurels in the Stadio Olimpico.
Add arresting art and a bit of a moral, and the result's bound to earn the writer a, um, laurel.
Selena's Tex-Mex popularity earned her laurels as the queen of Tejano, and she won a 1994 Grammy award for best Mexican-American album for Selena Live.
O'Connor's portrayal of Johnny, a depressed and promiscuous young gay farmer in God's Own Country, has invited favourable comparisons with the 2006 western Brokeback Mountain, and earned him laurels from Empire magazine for the "bleakness that O'Connor powerfully articulates with slight dialogue and subtle physical cues".
Junior outside hitter Parker Brown earned CIF laurels and Conti was the CIF Coach of the Year in Division II.
