Winners and losers

History is being cheated by those who aspire to be at the top but they are not playing by the rules. One of the more notable occurrence of this is in the world of sports. Fame, accolades and worship are being heaped on cheaters and the truly deserving are regarded as losers because the earth only worship winners. The true winners will never be know because many cheated their way to the top and later these winners are thrown into the garbage bins while the wrongs these so called winners commit can never be righted.
History is also just in that often it is years later that a man's worth and work is really appreciated and the due honor is bestowed posthumously. The very reason for which one generation executes a man cause another generation to declare the same man to have been a hero.
Money is good but most time bring prestige when it is amassed and stored. Only a few men's money will last for multiple generations. The things  that are counted as worthy for men to embrace and emulate are the real legacy that is worth creating.
What is it that have cause the great men of yesterday to be revered and allow them to continue to inspire men of the present? What will I leave for future generations to remember?
I can be a winner in my own mind and later history will prove me to be right.