"What You Are"

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

What I believe this quote means is that no matter how you are in an activity or different place you must always be a good person. John Wooden was a basketball player and was amazing at it, but he cared more about how he was as a person. If you're good at a sport, but have no sportsmanship than everyone is going to hate you no matter how good you are at it. If you're just a bad person in general than you might not even make it into the team. But, if you're a good person than you'll be loved and praised like how people praised John Wooden, and still do. If you're a good person than the coach will like you more and give you a shot at joining the team. That is why you must always be a good person in general, not just for certain things.