NOTE: This is NOT a sexual topic -- get your mind out of the gutter 
Ok.. I was thinking to myself about having to put up with some pain to get a goal in the end (something that's pleasureable to you). I'm sure almost everyone has gone through this.. so I was wondering...
» Do you know of someone (or yourself) who went through a lot of hell to get something that (to you) didn't seem worth all the trouble?
» Do you know of someone (or yourself) who went through a little bit of hell to get something that (to you) seemed like didn't put enough in to get out?