Coach John Wooden defined success as “peace of mind, which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to do your best to become the best you are capable of becoming.” He elaborated on this definition by creating the Pyramid of Success, a diagram of 15 attitudes and values demonstrating how an athlete can achieve success. The connections between the blocks of the Pyramid have yet to be studied empirically, and/or explicitly linked to existing research in psychology literature. The current theoretical study reviews these connections in an attempt to find support for Wooden's definition of success. Past research related to the remainder of the links between the Pyramid's building blocks is explored, in large part suggesting support for Coach Wooden's theory.
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