It's definitely okay to not be okay - Clark on mental health struggles - video Dailymotion

Caitlin Clark believes people are quick to forget that athletes are people too and face the same struggles

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00:00I think it's hard as a professional athlete at times like people don't always realize like I feel

00:05like an individual just like all of you like I'm just the same human I go about my same daily life

00:09I do all the same things that you do I just play basketball on top of that so you know mental

00:13health is super important and taking care of that that comes far before playing a basketball game

00:18and I think having the the resources and talking to somebody whether it's a psychologist sports

00:24psychologist whoever whoever it is that's something that's really healthy and something that I do

00:28something that I've done throughout my college career especially when you know everybody's

00:32looking at you to perform and everybody's looking at you to do this and do that like

00:36you have to be at your best every single day and that's just one side of it so

00:40you know it's definitely okay to not be okay I think that's super important and for myself

00:46just allowing grace and loving what I'm doing and never losing that but something that's very

00:52important not only as a professional athlete but for every single individual in this world for sure