Elijah Bryant walks through his pre-game routine: journaling and gratitude on the bus, calling his wife, reading the Book of Mormon, organizing his gym bag the same way each time, mobility work, and kissing his ring before taking the court. He builds consistency into every step.
All right, this is my last one, I'm out. So for me, my routine, when I touch that bus, I know exactly what I'm doing. I'm getting on the bus, I'm writing in my journal exactly what I'm gonna do for the game. I'm saying what I'm grateful for, calling my wife and telling her I love her, call my family, saying a prayer. Then I'm reading a chapter of my Book of Mormon. So then I'm putting on my Christian rap music playlist, and then I'm getting to the gym. As soon as I get to the gym, I'm going to locker room. I put my Book of Mormon right here, put my journal right here, put my headphones on top, grab my stuff, go to the bathroom. I'm changing, I bring my Book of Mormon, I change, use the bathroom, and then I read another chapter of Book of Mormon, come out, boom, put my stuff back on the right— on the, on the left side, all my stuff on top. I'm changed, I put my socks on, everything. I go get my back cracked by the chiropractor. Then after I come back from there, I go straight to the weight room and start doing my mobility and get my body all primed for the game. After I finish that, I go out to the court. So when I go to the court, kiss my ring. When I
