NCAAW’s JuJu Watkins joins GQ to reveal his 10 Essentials. The USC Trojans guard breaks down her daily essentials: from her sneakers (“I love all of the Travis Scott collabs”) to her edge brush (“if you look good, you play good”). Watch the full episode of GQ Sports’ 10 Essentials, as American basketball star JuJu Watkins reveals 10 things she can’t live without.
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00:00I feel like sometimes a lot of parents be lying.
00:03Like, they'll have their newborn baby, like,
00:06with a little 12 onesie.
00:08I'm like, come on.
00:09Like, let's be so for real right now.
00:10This baby likes Cocomelon.
00:12Like, she did not want to be here.
00:14But it's so cute.
00:19What's up, GQ?
00:20It's Juju Watkins, and these are my essentials.
00:27I love all the Travis Scott collabs.
00:29I actually recently got these.
00:30I've always wanted these since they came out.
00:32And now I wear them, like, almost every day.
00:34This colorway is crazy.
00:36It goes with everything.
00:37I have, like, the whole collection.
00:39It's like the infinity stones.
00:40Like, these were the last ones I needed.
00:42Now my collection is complete.
00:44I only collect the lows, though.
00:45I'm not really, like, a high-one Jordan,
00:47so that's not really my swag.
00:49That's even, like, on the court.
00:50I only wear low tops, so it's just a mental thing.
00:54In game shoes, first, they need to look good.
00:56Comfort and, like, stability
00:58is, like, the biggest thing.
00:59I like my shoes to feel tight,
01:01so, like, I feel like I won't roll an 8-go or something.
01:03I'm definitely a sneakerhead.
01:05I have, like, so many pairs of shoes.
01:07I also have the Travis Scott Air Force 1s,
01:10the sale ones.
01:11Love those.
01:12It's probably not good for me,
01:13because I do spend a good amount on shoes.
01:17The CPFM Dunks, I love those.
01:20I've been trying to get those
01:21ever since they came out as well,
01:22so stay tuned for that.
01:23Gotta have the Nike crew socks.
01:25It's just a must.
01:28This is Deuce.
01:29He just gives deuce, honestly.
01:31I just thought it was a good name for him.
01:33I got him, like, a couple months ago,
01:35and he's just been, like, a little light in my life.
01:39He's just so handsome, too.
01:40So he's just a great addition to the Watkins family.
01:45We're still working on his training, clearly.
01:48Sit. Sit, boy.
01:50He only works for food also.
01:53My first Frenchie.
01:54I'm honestly a Frenchie girl now.
01:56My whole Instagram is, like, Frenchie.
01:59He's really affectionate.
02:00I love that. I love that in dogs.
02:02Always gives me kisses,
02:03even when I'm mad at him
02:05for probably peeing on the floor.
02:07He loves to, like, pee at the door,
02:09and so, like, when I get home,
02:11just right there,
02:12just right there waiting on me.
02:14He only listens if you have a treat.
02:16He's still a good boy, though,
02:17despite everything.
02:21Some of the bracelets I got last season
02:24from, like, little fans.
02:25Like, I always try to keep these as much as I can.
02:28I even attach these to, like, my backpack.
02:30I just think it's so sweet.
02:31Like, people actually take the time
02:33to make things like this.
02:35Was there somebody you looked up to like that?
02:37I never really made bracelets.
02:40I was never, like, on the creative side,
02:42but I definitely looked up to, like,
02:44Candice Parker, LeBron.
02:46Those were my goats growing up.
02:48Just to see, like, so many parents
02:50wanting to get their kids into women's basketball,
02:52I just think that's just so great for the sport.
02:54It's just a great feeling
02:55when you have so many young fans,
02:57even newborns at the game.
02:59I feel like that's just so cool.
03:00Through anything I do,
03:01I like to add, like,
03:02a little philanthropy budget.
03:04I think with Nike,
03:05one of the biggest things
03:06is just giving back to the community.
03:08Under-resourced kids who don't have the funds,
03:12definitely try to include that
03:13in everything that I do.
03:14I actually have a nonprofit called Give to You.
03:16I know it's super cliche.
03:18Just trying to give back as much as I can.
03:20Super important to me.
03:22Definitely bigger than basketball, so, yeah.
03:25These are my, like, top three snacks.
03:28Funny story, my mom says
03:30that when she was pregnant with me,
03:32this was all she drank.
03:33So I guess that transferred to me being 19
03:37and still drinking apple juice every day.
03:39Usually, like, with breakfast,
03:40I'll have apple juice.
03:42And then these are just, like,
03:43go-to gas station.
03:44I only like the blue ones,
03:45so can't say the same for the other flavors,
03:49but these, movie theater, gas station,
03:52pregame, during game,
03:54nothing really changed.
03:55I always try to eat good, like, before a game.
03:58Pregame, I usually go for, like, salmon
04:00and, like, rice.
04:02I don't really eat that bad.
04:03I do need to get better with snacking, clearly.
04:05But very random, I know.
04:07Turkey jerky, I actually love it.
04:09I don't know why I love it so much.
04:11It's just, like, a good late-night snack for me.
04:15Edges is just a big thing for me.
04:16Like I said, I really care about my appearance
04:18and hair is, like, the number one thing for me.
04:21As you can see with the bun,
04:22like, it's always done.
04:23The saying, you look good, you play good.
04:25I notice, like, when my bun gets knocked out,
04:28I literally, like, cannot...
04:30I probably shouldn't say that
04:32because people are probably gonna try
04:33to knock out my bun.
04:34I could still lock in with the undone bun,
04:36but I'm just saying, you know,
04:39I prefer it not to get knocked out in the game.
04:41It's the best feeling when you have a good hair day,
04:43CNN's good, and then you have a game.
04:46There's, like, a 90% chance I'm gonna do good.
04:49My hair has to be the same, as much as possible.
04:52I know sometimes it's kind of unrealistic
04:54because we play so many games in a year.
04:56It's like, okay, you're not gonna get it perfect every time,
04:59but that's just the standard I hold myself to.
05:02Every game counts,
05:03and if the bun's good, the game's good.
05:08These are my favorite pair of jeans.
05:10As a tall girl, it's super hard to find jeans
05:12that fit perfect, and these are ones that do.
05:15So these are definitely my favorite.
05:17Wear them, like, every day.
05:19These are Dark Park.
05:21I was in Neiman Marcus when I got them.
05:23They're not loose.
05:24Kind of perfect.
05:25I like to wear baggy jeans, but these are just, like,
05:28you know, I could wear these with business casual.
05:30I could wear these with a crew neck.
05:32Just good jeans.
05:33My cousin Tracy, actually, he's super stylish,
05:36so I usually see what he's doing a lot.
05:39But, you know, I like to add my own twist to things.
05:42My style changes, like, every month.
05:44Every month.
05:47I'm usually always wearing these on campus.
05:50Nobody talks to me.
05:51No, I'm joking.
05:52Like, I always wanted to get asked, like,
05:54what do you listen to?
05:55Like, when I'm walking, if you guys seen those videos.
05:57But I feel like it would be super random
05:59because you just never know what's playing in here.
06:02Music is just such a big part of my life.
06:04I love music.
06:05I just went to a Clairo concert,
06:07so that's all I've been playing.
06:08If I'm sad, I'm, like, in my feelings,
06:11I'll play some sad music.
06:12I don't know.
06:13It ranges.
06:14Best pregame song?
06:15This season, I'll probably listen to Fiend by Travis Scott.
06:18I feel like that'll probably get me high.
06:21The most essential thing here today?
06:23A lint roller.
06:24As you can see, I'm, like, really low on paper,
06:26so I'm gonna need to get another one.
06:28I have this in my school backpack.
06:30I have this in my travel backpack.
06:31I have, like, five lint rollers at home.
06:33I hate lint.
06:34I hate when my dog's hair gets on my shirt.
06:38It just drives me crazy.
06:39As a kid, like, I always ironed my clothes
06:42before school every night.
06:44Like, lint roller.
06:45I always cared about my appearance,
06:47so I think that's just something that'll stay with me,
06:51and a lint roller is gonna help me do that.
06:54Before I go to sleep, when I wake up, Agrafor.
06:56It's kind of reasonable.
06:57I feel like people just started using it,
06:58like, a couple years ago.
06:59I never really heard about it until then.
07:01Agrafor's great.
07:02This is the NYX brow tint pen.
07:05I usually do, like, natural makeup,
07:07just something quick before I go to practice,
07:09so just shade in the eyebrows a little bit.
07:12From my experience, it stays on.
07:14I usually just fill in the ends,
07:16so not too much with it.
07:17It stays on.
07:19This is perfume.
07:20It's called Te Noir 29 by Le Labo.
07:23I have, like, 20 perfumes at home,
07:26so I'd like to switch them out.
07:28I'm more of, like, a vanilla, warmer scent.
07:31I don't know what I'm smelling right now,
07:33but it smells really good.
07:34Yeah, it just smells so good.
07:35It's like, I don't even know.
07:37There's a hotel here.
07:38The addition, and they do, like,
07:40their scents based off of this.
07:42I don't know.
07:43It's like a collab,
07:44but I love the smell of that hotel,
07:45and it inspired me to get this one,
07:47and it smells so good.
07:55Good job, buddy.
07:57That's a wrap.