I'd be bitter.........

Armstrong doesn't have to charge around Europe with his bike in the car, chasing appearance money in some meaningless august criterium. He doesn't see the sharp end of team orders, he stays in 5-star luxury, with Girlfriend in tow, if required. Schedule is tailored to his strengths, opinions, wishes; training can take place wherever he thinks convenient. He can live where he wants to and spend as little time away from that base as he desires. He can choose his own team, including Directeur Sportif, for each and every race. Corporations fall over themselves to offer him endorsement deals and bridge any technology gaps that might appear, be they equipment, medical support or physiological .....

need I go on? What's not to envy? Guy has the pressures of leadership his predecessors had for 30 days a year. And he's minted.