Professional Athletes
This basketball player wore the same college shorts under his NBA shorts every game of his career
Michael Jordan
irrational belief or practice not based on reason or science, often connecting unrelated actions to luck, magic, or supernatural causes.
Superstition
Popular superstiton in the UK and USA, doing this would being 7 years of bad luck
Breaking a Mirror
Hockey player who dosen't let anyone touch his stick when he is taping it. If the stick is touched, he has to take it off and restart
Sidney Crosby
a regular, habitual, or fixed sequence of actions, procedures, or tasks performed, often with little conscious effort
Routine
Popular across Europe and North America, people do this in order to avoid jinxing themselves
Knock on Wood
This baseball player ate only chicken before every game and would draw the same symbol in the dirt before every at-bat
Wade Boggs
when a person's physical or mental health improves after taking a "dummy" treatment
Placebo Effect
Common in North American countries like Canada and the USA, it is believed to bring bad luck inside the home
Opening an umbrella indoors
This NBA Player would throw chalk in the air before every game
LeBron James
A belief or way of doing something that is passed down from one generation to another over a period of time
Tradition
This number is considered lucky in Asian countries Japan, China and Korea
4
Golfer who would traditionally wear a red shirt every sunday because his Mom believed it was his power color
Tiger Woods
A behavior or action that a person does regularly, often without thinking about it. Usually associated with doing something bad
Habit
4 Leaf Clover