Legendary basketball coach John Wooden may have created his Pyramid of Success nearly 60 years ago, but many of his former players, including Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Bill Walton, say it's still ...

The book incorporated Wooden’s love of rhyming couplets, with a short poem on each block of the pyramid. The wittiest might be the one on self-control, accompanied by an illustration of a rather ...

Instead of attaching wooden dowels to the blocks, Egyptians would have had to use thick posts about 30 centimeters in diameter — about the size of masts used on ships in the Nile, West points out.

You can construct a visual picture of Coach Wooden’s Pyramid. On the bottom layer, draw five rectangular blocks and label them: industriousness, friendship, loyalty, cooperation and enthusiasm.

‘For full scale pyramid blocks, the wooden rods would need to be posts of order 11inches (30cm) in diameter, similar in size to those used as masts on ships in the Nile,’ they wrote in the paper.

Wooden began constructing his pyramid in 1934. The two building blocks he considers the most important are industriousness and enthusiasm. "Without them, you will not succeed," he said.

The John R. Wooden Leadership Institute will be under the direction of Cathy Wright-Eger. Cathy is the leadership advisor within the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics at Purdue University. The ...

“For full scale pyramid blocks, the wooden “rods” would need to be posts of order 30 cm in diameter, similar in size to those used as masts on ships in the Nile,” say West and co.

In addition to the 15 principles that make up the pyramid's building blocks, 10 more — integrity, sincerity and adaptability, among them — line the blocks along the pyramid's vertical borders.

Wooden died just weeks before his 100th birthday in 2010, but his legacy — including his belief in “The Pyramid of Success” — continues to be felt in South Bend. “We teach the children ...