"What you are as a person is far more importat than what you are as a basketball player."

-John Wooden 

What i think that this quote by John Wooden means is that just because you are a basketball player, to not change the person you are. Keep on being yourself and don't change. It is not only for basketball players, but for everyone. You have to always be yourself, because you are important. Don't change into someone you aren't. I think he says this because many people can change after fame, and they might act like they are everything. That's why it says that you are a far more important person then when you are a basketball player. If you are a person who changed at fame, then you lost a lot of people because they will see that you are someone who they never met. You are a different person. This is what i think that this quote means. Never change who you are. Always be youself.