"What you are as a person is far more important than what you are as a basketball player."-John Wooden

What this means to me is that being a good person is far more better than being a good basketball player. Having good sportsmanship is far better than being good at basketball and always wanting to win. John Wooden emphasized the importance of being a good person and not just being a good player. He wanted his players to always choose the right and be good individuals. As a result they became better players and won a lot of basketball games. If you choose to do the wrong then they would have lost the games and been bad individuals.