These Athletes Have Really Weird Superstitions

Published on 06/03/2018
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Lyoto Machida

UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Lyoto Machida has a rather nasty daily routine. The Brazilian Shotokan karate master literally drinks his own urine.

Lyoto Machida

Lyoto Machida


He says he picked up this trick from his father as he believed urine acts as a natural medicine which cleanses the body. Yeah sorry but that’s just disgusting on so many levels!
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Turk Wendell

The former New York Mets reliever had a long list of superstitions.

Turk Wendell

Turk Wendell


Such as leaping over baselines when walking to the mound, when pitching he’d chew black licorice and he’d brush his teeth between innings. Oh yeah, he wore a necklace that featured wild animals he hunted and killed.

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