Superstition or Focus Enablers?

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Adrian Mutu is a great football player. He has played for Juventus, Inter, and Chelsea and has also scored many goals for the Romanian national team. His own explanation for this success is as simple as it is revealing: “Curses cannot touch me because I wear my underwear inside out.”

Turk Wendell was a Major League Baseball pitcher for more than 10 years. He played for the Cubs, the Mets, the Phillies, and the Rockies. He had a total of no less than 515 strikeouts. Why did he hide in the dugout during games? It was because he was brushing his teeth between every inning.

John Terry is the long-term skipper of Chelsea ...

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