You have to earn your stripes here. So far, I've got half a stripe.

It's a league where you've got to earn your stripes. And the emphasis is on earn , believe me.

It is really the arc in which he becomes Bond. He starts out just having earned his double-0 stripes and comes out at the end the Bond we know and love.

I think this year that I proved that I worked hard for four years to earn my stripes, and hopefully there will be other organizations around the league that will see it that way. I love to teach. I love to teach.

[Jukka Santala grabbed a brace to earn Partick Thistle a 2-2 draw after Ayr United had twice gone ahead through Jerome Vareille and Paul Hyslop.] We were by far the best side, ... But Ayr were frustrating to play against.

The only downside was that we started the second half with the same crap we've been doing. We had turnovers on our first four possessions, and all a sudden, our lead goes from 18 to 11.