Caitlin Clark Explains Her Motivation: 'I Just Want to Be Better Than Everybody Else'

Caitlin Clark's motivations as a basketball player aren't terribly complicated.

"I think wanting to be the best," she said Tuesday at THE ANNIKA driven by Gainbridge at Pelican. "I don't want anyone to be better than me. In whatever it is. I just want to be better than everybody else. And I think I'm very real with myself, too. Like I know when I maybe haven't done my best in something, and I'm going to be the first person to look in the mirror and know what I need to get better at. So those two things, that's what helps me."

Clark has a long way to go before she'll be the best player in the WNBA, but she's already been the best rookie after averaging 19.2 points, 8.4 assists and 5.7 rebounds this past season, leading the Indiana Fever to the playoffs in the process.

After a historic college career and a fantastic debut season in the WNBA, Clark seems poised for superstardom. And she seemingly has the drive to make her ambitions of one day being the best basketball player alive a potential reality.