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

By John Wooden

     When the wizard of basketball said that being a good person is far more important than being a great basketball player he meant that being a good person will take you farther. Being a good person will reward you in a way that the fame in being a basketball player would not. When you are a great basketball player you will make an abundance of money but like mentioned, many times, before money can't buy happiness. When you do good you will feel good and sure you may feel good after winning but if you win without doing it the right way you will feel wrong. If you win by cheating and being a person who chose the wrong you will still be rewarded by winning but you will; feel guilty when you realize that you won for the wrong reasons. When you are a good person and win because of your skills you will be rewarded twice. One for actually winning the game and the other for winning the right way and not cheating. What's the whole point of being the best basketball player if you cheat. If  you're going to have top play anyways do it the right the first time and feel right. Being a good person is far more important because you have integrity and those who think that skill is better than being a good person you have your reasons. An example of  this quote would b if you decide to cheat you are filled with the guilt of doing the wrong thing. If you loose but did the right thing you will feel good for doing the right, even though you lost.