Is it that "Behind every successful man there is always a woman"?

No matter how much hard work or pain a man puts in his journey to success, at last the credit goes to a woman, as per the saying

Behind every successful man there is always a woman.

But today amidst a short nap, when there seemed to be no respite from the scorching heat of the relentless sun, a grotesque thought passed through my mind

Is it that "Behind every successful man there is always a woman" or Is

it that, a Woman always follows a successful man??