30 Best Caitlin Clark Quotes - The Basketball Phenom Speaks (2024)

With women’s college basketball becoming increasingly popular, Caitlin Clark is a beacon of talent, resilience, and unyielding passion.

The Iowa Hawkeyes’ superstar guard has dazzled fans with her jaw-dropping shooting, magical passing, and clutch performances. As a sophom*ore at the University of Iowa, she was the first women’s basketball player to lead D1 in points and assists in a single season. As a junior, she was National Player of the Year. In her senior year, she broke the record for career leader in three-pointers and points.

Perhaps most importantly, she is credited with driving unprecedented interest in women’s college basketball. Her most recent game – Iowa vs. LSU – drew a TV audience of over 12 million people.

Beyond the stats and the accolades, Clark is also not shy about voicing her thoughts. Let’s look at her insights on her game, women’s basketball, and legacy. Enjoy these Caitlin Clark quotes.

Best Caitlin Clark Quotes

1.) Stay humble and stay hungry

2.) Y’all knew I was gonna shoot a logo three for the record; come on now.

3.) I want my legacy to be the impact that I have on young kids and the people in the state of Iowa. I hope I brought them a lot of joy this season. (And) I hope this team brought them a lot of joy.

4.) I’m all about growing the women’s game, and I’m glad I’ve given something that little girls can scream about at the top of their lungs. I can imagine when I was younger, I was doing the exact same thing: watching TV. It’s pretty fun.

5.) I think I’m playing my best basketball when I’m having the most fun than anybody on the court. I play this game because I love it and it brings a lot of joy to me.

6.) A record is a record. I don’t want that to be the reason people remember me. I hope people remember me for the way I played with a smile on my face, my competitive fire. Sure, they can remember the wins but also the fun me and my teammates had together.

Good Caitlin Clark Insights

7.) This one probably feels a little bit better, it’s my senior year with this group… A lot of people counted us out at the beginning of the year with the people we lost and all we did was work really hard.
(On making the Final Four in 2024)

8.) …But sometimes you get a little hype for yourself, and you do things that you don’t even realize you’re doing. I think that was the only three I celebrated.
(On celebrating a three-pointer in the 2024 Elite 8 game vs. LSU)

9.) All we did is believe in each other, you know we might not be the tallest; we knew they were going to beat us on the glass but all we had to do is have some heart and some belief and you know we came through when we needed big plays and I’m just so proud of this group.

10.) Obviously, my focus is here. My goal is to win a national title. Plain and simple, that’s what I want to do. To be honest, I’m not really looking that far ahead into the WNBA and what’s going to happen when. All of that will pan out whenever our season ends and that’s hopefully with a national title. That’s my main focus, and I think having this decision done will allow me to play my best basketball. And that’s honestly my main priority. I think that’s what led me to announce it when did.

Inspirational Caitlin Clark Quotations

Here are some inspiring Caitlin Clark quotes.

11.) Job’s not finished.
(After beating LSU in 2024 – Echoing Kobe Bryant’s quote.)

12.) I just look around, and I get to play in an arena full of little kids, a lot of little girls who admire our team.

13.) Our fans are the best in the country. I know tickets are going to be super hard to get their hands on… I think we’re already over 10,000 (tickets sold), and they aren’t even on sale yet because of season ticket holders. It’s going to be a hard ticket to come by, which is really special and unique for women’s basketball.

14.) We always talk about pressure as a privilege… You want those expectations. You want people to expect you to be great. That’s what comes with winning a lot of games, being Big Ten champions, making it to the national title game.

15.) We have an opportunity here. Enjoy it, embrace it, but don’t ever change the way you play the way we do things.

16.) My teammates, I’m just so thankful. They let me be me and I wouldn’t be where I am if it wasn’t for them.

17.) You just want to see your teammates succeed.

18.) At the end of the day, we have a great team and a really great culture. And that’s what makes it so fun.

19.) I have all the confidence in the world in this group, and they believe right back in me. And that’s all you need.

20.) We never hung our heads. We just came right back down every single possession and got after it.

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Clark Quotes on Women’s Basketball

21.) Men have always had trash talk … You should be able to play with that emotion .. That’s how every girl should continue to play.

22.) Crowds like this should become normal for women’s basketball.

23.) People are starting to understand women can play with excitement and a passion and a fire about themselves, and you know, that’s what’s fun. That’s what people want to see. But you leave it on the court.

24.) I grew up really inspired by that (Minnesota Lynx) team, and when I was able to go to a game that only, you know, encouraged that more.

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On Playing Basketball

25.) The way people guard me. They would just be physical, just push me off the line, and make it harder to get to my spots. So I had to learn to create off the bounce a lot.

26.) The first thing I know is if it’s going in right off my hand, and that just speaks to how much time I’ve put in and how many shots I’ve taken. I either know if it’s off or if it’s dead center. Any good shooter can feel the ball off their hand like that.

27.) I give a lot of credit to my dad. He was my first-ever basketball coach, but he was a guy who never let me shoot threes when I was a young kid because he knew my form would be awful. I was tiny, I couldn’t get it there, so my dad was like, stay around the rim. That was always super important, just form shooting. I probably didn’t like it at the time, but looking back, shooting form fundamentals are the best thing.

Caitlin Clark Quotes on Inspiration

28.) I think I view, you know, matchups that people get really excited about is a really good thing for this game.

29.) I just want to inspire young boys and young girls to be able to dream and do the same things that I have done. (And) I was just that young girl. I looked up to WNBA players, NBA players, college athletes, even other pro sport athletes. All you have to do is dream, work really hard, and be surrounded by really, really good people that believe in you, too.

30.) The strength and conditioning program was a big help for me.

Closing Thoughts

Caitlin Clark inspires a new generation of athletes and reminds us of the transformative power of determination, hard work, and self-belief.

Will Clark’s success go with her to the WNBA? Can she be the breakout player who lifts the league?

Time will tell, but don’t bet against her.

By Mike O’Halloran

Founder and Editor, Sports Feel Good Stories

Mike O’Halloran founded Sports Feel Good Stories in 2009. He co-authored four trivia books for kids under the Smart Attack line. Mike coached basketball for 15 seasons, taught tennis, and has written four books on basketball coaching. He has been a contributing writer for USA Football, the youth arm of the NFL. Mike is the founder of the Fantasy Football Team Names Hall of Fame.

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