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

"What you are as a person is far more important as a basketball player"- John Wooden
I think this means that whatever you are is it more important about you and not whatever you do or play. And you are a good player if you Choose The Right, and you need to work hard and play hard and the coach never told its team to win it told its team to play like you what but to play hard.