“What you are as a person is far more important than what you are as a basketball player”

Be a basketball player would be good but to be a better person is good because being a better person every day is good to know that you can improve every day and prove that you give cannot be a storm and move on you demonstrate that you are equal to or better than a basketballs player because you can lose and win and know that you will continue improving every day more and you will be much better person all the time because you're a good basketball player.