I used to be superstitious about sports. Then I turned 12.
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I get a chuckle from seeing grown adults worrying about stupid superstitious nonsense like this (also astrology, fairytales, chupacabras, fortune tellers, big foots or alien abductions). Being rude to a friend of the family over nonsense like that takes this to entirely different levels of crass.
Many pro athletes are superstitious. Scottie Pippen and Dennis Rodman are two that come to mind right away.
They may claim they're superstitious, but when you have a direct impact on the game like that, it's more of a routine and frankly it makes sense because it's helping them get mentally prepared. Very different from a guy sitting on his couch watching the game on tv.
You wouldn't think the greatest professional basketball player of all time would rely on superstition, but even Michael Jordan himself was known for a specific quirk. While leading the Chicago Bulls to six NBA championships during his legendary career, the five-time MVP wore his University of North Carolina shorts under his uniform in every game. Jordan led UNC to the NCAA Championships in 1982 and believed the mesh marvels brought him luck. In order to cover his lucky pair, Jordan began wearing longer shorts, which inspired a trend in the NBA
While her on-court aggressiveness and competitive nature have given her a reputation as one of the greatest and most feared female tennis players of all time, Serena Williams believes much of her winning ways are the result of closely followed routines. For the 27-year-old, these quirks include bringing her shower sandals to the court, tying her shoelaces a specific way and bouncing the ball five times before her first serve and twice before her second. The three-time Wimbledon champ will even wear the same pair of socks during a tournament run. Williams is so set in her superstitions, she has chalked up major losses to not following her own routine correctly.
Thank you for proving my point. Jordan could have won every one of those games without his UNC shorts on. Serena could have won every one of those matches without her shower sandals. They may call them superstitions, but in reality they are routines that help them get focused on the game. And again, since you seem to have missed the point the first time, you wearing a specific shirt is not a routine getting a player in the right frame of mind, it's your attempt at feeling like you have some kind of control over the game... which you do not.
Well, I do not have any rituals I do, but if someone does and they think it helps the team win or not, who cares? Yes it may help the athlete focus on the game, my point was many people are superstitious. Athletes, fans, folks who have regular jobs are even superstitious about things they do. It happens all the time, does that make the person immature?
@Dude, it doesn't matter what I think, he thought the shorts helped him play better, so that makes him superstitious. And ask Kobe how he did once Shaq left and before they got Pau Gasol. Did he win any championships without a supporting cast?
