''What you are as a person is far more important that what you are as a basketball player.''  

                    By John Wooden
So what he is trying to say that if you like doing what you do thats what your good at and that is important to you. Besides that he saying that if you are a basketball player that is what you are good at and Someone might say that they are better the you in football. But who cares you are better then them in basketball. So keep going foward don't look back. So he is saying that people might be important to you but you think basketball is important which is. But he is trying to say that keep up with it and care for others to but lesser than basket ball.