The answer is surprisingly simple. Just do right. Live an honorable life.
Attitude determines how well you do it.
If Tiger Woods had played football, he would have been a quarterback.
Whenever you give up something, you must replace it with something.
You've got to have great athletes to win, I don't care who the coach is. You can't win without good athletes but you can lose with them. This is where coaching makes the difference.
So what if someone wrote your obituary... that doesn't mean you are obligated to die.