Guide to Game Time:
Rookies� Pregame Rituals

Kamesha Hairston, Connecticut Sun
"I like to take a nap and then listen to gospel music before I play."

Leah Rush, Phoenix Mercury
"I'm a big routine kid. The whole day is a big routine for me. From the time I go to gym, the number of shots I take after shootaround and the exact time I take my nap, it's always the same."

Bernice Mosby, Washington Mystics
"I try to relax a lot, so I put on some gospel music and take it easy. Then, at the end, just before I run out onto the court, I turn on some hip-hop and crunk. See, this is what you have to do: listen to the gospel, soothe your nerves, relax, then you have to pump it up!"

"This is what you have to do," says Bernice Mosby. "Soothe your nerves, relax, then you have to pump it up!� Jennifer Pottheiser/NBAE/Getty Images

Brooke Smith, Minnesota Lynx
"It sounds weird, but I get dressed top to bottom, left to right. (Demonstrates.) Top to bottom, left to right."

Gillian Goring, Washington Mystics
"I just listen to reggae music. It brings me closer to home and relaxes me."

Ivory Latta, Detroit Shock
"Yes, I usually talk to my parents before every game. My mom and dad just tell me some off-the-wall stuff."

Shay Doron, New York Liberty
"I always put on my ankle stuff and shoes starting with the right. I also still wear my thumb brace from an injury last season. I haven't taken it off after we won the championship. Yet I broke my nose earlier this year and could not play with mask."

Camille Little, San Antonio Silver Stars
"I listen to music. I like to get pumped up a little bit before the games. I listen to rap and other things, too� whatever I get caught up in that makes me feel good. I like Beyonce a little bit. There was one point this past season where I listened to the same song each game for a while, until I got bored and it wasn't getting me excited anymore, so I changed it. Whatever's hot and hip."

Jessica Dickson, Sacramento Monarchs
"I pray before every game. At home games, my mom and I pray together and then she spends the weekend with me. At away games, we'll pray together on the phone. It's a must. I have to do that before every game."

Jessica Davenport, New York Liberty
"I'm not superstitious, but I have to do things in order. So I put my left shoe on first. Little things like that, though I wouldn't call that superstitious. I put on my lip gloss before game, then my water after that� just a natural order."

Noelle Quinn, Minnesota Lynx
"None. I'm not superstitious or anything. I just like to go with the flow."

Tiffany Jackson, New York Liberty
"I pray every game during the national anthem."