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

What this quote means that it doesn't matter how good a player may be the only thing that matters is how they play the game.The coach may put a player that doesn't know how to play for a good player that doesn't play fair because he is afraid that they may have a player less in the field or have to pay a fine.Whatever happens in the field stays in the field:Meaning that there should be no pain in a loss because it is just a game.