"“Mike Bibby and I were anxious for the game,” Terry says. “So, we both put our full uniforms on socks, everything. And we slept in them. The next day, we ended up winning the national championship. After that, I was like, OK, I think I'm superstitious and I need to keep this thing going.”"
"In college, he started to wear long, high socks with CATS a reference to the team's nickname written down the side of each leg. In the NBA, he continued the fashion statements, donning a headband every game to honor his former mentor and fellow Seattleite Slick Watts. But most striking of all, every night before an NBA game Terry put on the shorts of the opposing squad and wore them to sleep."
"“For instance, Terry says, if we're playing the Miami Heat, I'd wear the Heat shorts the night before each game. But how would he even get the shorts? Well, he'd go right to the source. I would hustle equipment managers and see if they had an extra pair,” Terry says, who was NBA Sixth Man of the Year in 2009."
"“I think the most famous shorts I was able to get was a pair of Utah Jazz shorts that belonged to John Stockton. And how did he know they belonged to the NBA's all-time steals and assists leader? Number one: they were short, Terry says. Number two: they had his No 12 on the inside tag.”"
Jason Terry describes a turning point in 1997 before the NCAA national championship game, when he and teammate Mike Bibby struggled to sleep and decided to wear their full uniforms, including socks, to bed. The Wildcats won the championship, and Terry continued believing in the routine. He later carried similar habits into the NBA, wearing long socks with “CATS” on them in college and using a headband to honor Slick Watts. Most notably, he slept in the shorts of the upcoming opponent, obtaining them from equipment managers, including a pair of Utah Jazz shorts that had John Stockton’s number on the inside tag.
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