If you give your best, your parents will be happy. You might get a trophy for participation that you can put on the shelf, with the team photo, but nobody else cares.
If you are the best in the world, everybody cares. You have a platform that you can use for good or selfish reasons (another topic).
Seems depressing: there is only one Jordan Speith, one Steph Curry and one Mozart. They can inspire and you can practice, practice, practice, but the reality is they work hard with gifts you don't have and only a very small group will ever compete with them.
However, you can determine to be the best in your world. That's done with clear vision and and understanding of your world borders, your niche. The trick is to set that border and keep your work within. Then you can be the best product for your customers, best church for your demographic, best non-profit for your cause, best Mom in the whole wide world of your family, best author for your audience.
Sometimes you can, and should, expand your borders. Sometimes, you should narrow them. But your work should always remain within. Any work outside your borders keeps you from being the best. You should still practice your short game, your jump shot, and your chords, but recognize those as hobbies, not work. Hobbies come after work. You can have fun, you can be your best, but you will never be the best.
Does your vision clearly define your borders?