I never thought of it that way but yeah, you can create your luck.
Now that I think about it, even luck needs some hard work and dedication to happen.

For example, the lottery. A person needs to go to the store to purchase lottery tickets and fail time and time again in order to finally acquire a winning ticket. So even something as mundane and crazy as that needs hard work in order to get the luck.

Besides, I won't pay any mind to what people have to say. I've realized and accepted the fact that people talk... about any and everything.