- What's up GQ, I'm Julius Randle.
And these are my essentials.
[upbeat music]
Actually gonna wear this tomorrow.
Always been a super like, Kobe shoe fan.
Always worn Kobe's.
I haven't worn anything else really,
since I was 13 years old 27 now so,
[chuckles]
These are obviously one of the coolest ones, the Grinches.
This is definitely an essential for me when I play the game.
I try to honor a lot of different people
when I play the game, my family, my grandmother,
but definitely on that court,
he was the biggest inspiration for me growing up.
It was everything just being able to play with a person
that you idolized growing up,
to be able to learn from him every day,
taught me so many lessons, so many gems.
That I still carry with me to this day
that I try to share with teammates along
the way who were coming up.
And being able to eventually share it with my boys.
So it taught me so many things, man.
And he was a special person.
Top three Kobe's the what the Kobe sevens.
I'll put the Grinches in there I don't remember the number.
Those are the ones from the last game.
They were black and gold and I had him sign.
He signed them for me.
I lost them.
[chuckles]
So I'm hurt about that.
I thought I found them in my garage the other day,
but I didn't.
I think I only found like one shoe, but I lost them then,
so that won't hurt me.
Next put in here, I carry,
this is kind of like my jewelry slash watch box.
I'm a lover of watches especially if I'm traveling,
like I might break a couple of roll games
or whatever it might be.
And really over the past like five years,
reasonably just really got into loving watches
and pick the right watches.
They hold value.
So this is also something that's really cool
because I'll be able to pass this down to my boys as well.
This APR recently just got us.
You won't be able to tell on camera, but it's titanium.
Usually watches are really heavy.
This one is extremely light.
When I got this one, this was one of my favorite,
frosted purple dial.
I mean, when I got at first they said
the Rock was the only person that they knew that had it.
[chuckles]
So I was like automatic. I was like, yeah, I got to have it.
But this is cool too is unique
because it's limited to 200 pieces.
So I like getting a lot of limited edition stuff like that.
So yeah, I got some good stuff in there, man.
I ain't gonna show it all though.
[chuckles]
I love Celsius. Love, love, love Celsius.
Why Celsius is essential for me is
because I drink it before every game.
This is what I'm drinking
and I don't know necessarily what it's doing
or what's like all that's in it.
But I definitely know the feeling that it gives me
and it definitely gets me amped up and ready for games
and gets me feeling good and stuff like that.
I really think a big reason to why I like it is
because I'm not other than like coffee,
I'm not really like a big energy drink guy,
but with Celsius, a lot of natural stuff in here,
it's not one of those things.
They kind of make you feel like weird
or too amped up or jittery after.
And I just love it just because what's behind it.
Like it says,
a lot of natural ingredients in here are sugar-free
it really helps me get going for the game.
So it's definitely essential for me.
Pre-game ritual, stretching.
I definitely got the music on, get me locked in
and I pray, just making sure my head is right.
Next on the list,
is something that's important to me as well.
These are my bracelets.
Obviously I can't wear these in the game.
So I got my wife both of my sons, Jason and Caden.
Well these are just reminders throughout the day,
when I wear them, just like who I'm doing this for,
people who are extremely important to me.
These are my bracelets they go with me wherever I go.
My wife and I, we had to teach at parent conference today.
My wife asked she started crying,
but it made me proud as a dad.
He's like the sweetest, most kind hearted kid ever.
He has great manners, he has a really big heart.
They say he's really a gentleman
and treats the girls really nice.
I like that as well. So,
[chuckles]
it made me proud as a dad made me feel like
I was doing something the right Jason's the same way.
Jason's like, he's a couple months old?
But my wife calls him angelic.
And that's kind of how he is like you're holding him
and he's like has a really calming spirit
and just makes you smile and just feel calm and at peace.
So I've been lucky with my boys.
This is my iPad.
This might be like my biggest essential.
[chuckles]
Obviously, you know, in the NBA,
we do a lot of traveling on the road, a lot of plane rides,
a lot of that type of stuff for me, my iPad is like a must.
Like if I didn't have an iPad or my laptop,
when I'm traveling, I probably go buy one.
My first year in the league, I broke my leg.
So I didn't understand the traveling
because I was at home so much.
And that was really the first time like I really watched
like a lot of TV just because I couldn't move.
I was on the couch.
So I binged watching a lot of different shows, entourage,
all those different types of shows.
Became like a huge light TV Ben show watcher.
So I do a lot of that on my iPad.
The most recent show I watched Tiger King two.
Kevin Hart just came out with a new show, Succession,
Squid game, all these different man,
like it's literally a different show every week.
Growing up man, I always was a big soda drinker, love soda.
Love blow pop as we call it back home
or whatever you want to call it.
But as I got older,
obviously I had to grow out of that habit.
I found out that I really jus love the carbonation of things
and stuff like that.
So recently became a big sparking water drinker.
One of my friends was telling me about Topo Chico.
I immediately fell in love with it once I tried it.
So Topo Chico at the house,
at least is definitely my drink of choice.
I definitely keep the refrigerator stocked
with Topo Chico water.
So I think twist lime is my favorite.
Yeah, I gotta have it, man.
I'm addicted to it.
And it completely like cut out all my soda drinking too.
So it's good.
[chuckles] It works.
You got to watch what you're putting in your body.
You know, you can get away with a lot of stuff, especially,
you know, I'm still young 27 eat, be burning stuff off.
But for me it's just about recovery
and just getting optimal performance out of my body.
So I try to stay away from all that stuff.
So I love sunglasses
and my favorite brand of sunglasses is Tom Ford.
This brand in this particular style.
I don't even know the name of the style or whatever it is,
but Tom Ford makes a lot of dope glasses.
And for me, I just liked the way they fit my face.
You know honestly, because I carry them in my bag.
I don't lose them as much,
but like I got like a couple of different
color pairs of these.
And just as I said I have no clue where they are.
Like I got my black ones. I know they're somewhere.
If I really wanted to find them, I could, but like,
I'm not really great at keeping up with things.
Cholula.
Cholula, hot sauce.
Very important to me.
I started taking it really like my second
or third year in LA.
I had a teammate Jordan Clarkson
and he was also a Texas boy.
And he put..., he used a lot of hot sauce.
I used hot sauce but he used it on everything
and I'd never had Cholula before.
And he always used it.
I started using it and then I became addicted to it as well.
So Cholula hot sauce. I love putting on things.
My chef, I have a chef at home he's really, really good.
So I don't use it as much anymore because you know,
his food is really good.
And I don't like to mess it up,
but definitely like if traveling on the road
and stuff like that,
I gotta have my Cholula hot sauce with me.
My journal. Something over the past year
has been extremely important to me.
I think it's really important being able
to write those thoughts down.
So when I'm able to go back during times where,
maybe you're stressed or even times
that you're feeling well,
it would have seen things that you're grateful for able to
go back to and say, hey this is what I've been learning.
This is what I'm grateful for.
It possibly could have turned into a book.
I've never really thought about writing a book growing up,
but you know, who knows what the future holds?
Maybe that's in the car. Maybe it's not.
So we'll see,
but this is definitely a good resource of information
if I ever do decide to it.
And lastly, I put everything in here,
my duffel bag, this is what a, everything goes in.
My wife, she loves giving me like travel bags
and duffel bags and stuff like that.
So this is like, when I'm traveling,
like I keep all Mason, a lot of your stuff
obviously fits in here, but this is where everything goes.
This is a really cool duffle bag.
I got this when we were at...
Hermes had a show in New York and I got this up.
You ever see me like walking on the plane or traveling.
Wherever it is,
I'm definitely going to have like a suitcase,
but this is where all my stuff, my headphones, my iPad,
my journal, all the extra stuff
that you can't put in the suitcase,
it goes into my duffel bag.
So this is important to me.
I definitely can't live without it.
And it looks good.
These, things become a fashion piece, fashion statement.
So yeah, man, I gotta have it.
That's a wrap. That's it?
Julius' random, man.
These are my essentials.
I appreciate you guys checking it out.
Hope you guys enjoyed it. Peace.