For example, the top voted answer on Quora to the question: Life Lessons: What is the most valuable skill a person can have for their entire life? cites the ability to learn and the ability to communicate as being most valuable.

FORBES: In Silicon Valley, Can The "Good Guys" Really Win?

That person has lost their ability to be trusted as a person of integrity, which is the most valuable quality anyone can have in their life.

FORBES: Success Will Come and Go, But Integrity is Forever

Chicago Bulls star Derrick Rose, 24, tore his ACL in last season's playoffs, a year after becoming the youngest person to win the NBA's Most Valuable Player award.

WSJ: Give Thanks for That Knee Injury��Derrick Rose, Rajon Rondo