Caitlin Clark still goes to the grocery store.
She still likes to go out and buy candles, especially fall spice inspired candles.
And she doesn't have a driver to pick up food for her.
While the Fever superstar was racking up all the fame and fortune, Clark insisted he was still just a regular 22-year-old from Iowa going about his life.
“I don't feel like a celebrity. I don't feel like a celebrity, so I don't treat my life and the people I meet in my life that way,” Clark said Thursday night. Photo by Fieldhouse Files.
“I think that's why people are able to connect with me, because I'm real and honest to them and I try to be as normal as possible. I've never tried to seem better than anyone. I just try to be a guy who loves playing basketball and loves bringing joy to people, and I feel very lucky to be able to do that.”
On the final day of the WNBA regular season following her historic rookie season, Clarke shared a little bit about how she broke into sports superstardom.
The former University of Iowa star has brought record attendance to the WNBA and has seemed to garner attention all season for her play and the reactions she has elicited from fans and players alike.
Clark finished his rookie season tied for seventh in the NBA with averages of 19.2 points, along with 5.7 rebounds and 8.4 assists, helping lead the Fever to the sixth seed.
Along the way, his rivalry with Sky's Angel Rees and his interactions with opposing players have been scrutinised closely.
Clark said she was proud of how she was able to stay focused despite the noise outside.
“Obviously, I've definitely been under the spotlight this past year, both in college and in the WNBA,” Clark said. “I think it's definitely tough to always have your mind straight when you're 21, 22 and everybody has an opinion of you, but I think for myself, the thing I'm most proud of is just being able to push that aside. I don't really care what people think of me. I care about what my teammates think of me, what my coaches think of me, what my family thinks of me, what my close friends think of me, stuff like that.”
Teammate Erica Wheeler praised Clark for surviving her first season, which begins Sunday in Connecticut with a first-round playoff series against the Sun.
“We have fun with Caitlin Clark. She doesn't take anything too seriously,” Wheeler said. “I always tell everybody that she's really a kid at heart. … There are times when we have to be serious, and we do, but most of the time we have fun because we have to understand that the outside world was trying to get into this building and we weren't going to let it.
“And having fun is a great way to filter that out.”
