During the pandemic, wanting to avoid boredom, Matt Maggio started diving into his own brain.

The Islanders prospect, who played in Sweden with the 2020-21 OHL season canceled, had seen motivational speeches and taken inspiration from Kobe Bryant’s mentality. That does not make him especially unique among athletes. Nor did wanting to take pieces from the best and work them into his routines.

The 20-year-old did begin separating himself, though, in the way he went about that pursuit — studying as if for an exam.

“I think I’ve done a lot of reading mindset books and stuff like that about just having good habits every day,” Maggio told The Post after Islanders rookie camp ended Tuesday. “Getting into a rhythm and routine and how much that really benefits athletes. The more you can get into a routine — some people will say my routine is pretty insane in the summer — I think once you get into it and dive into it, it just becomes pretty natural and just becomes what you look forward to.”