Alysha Clark

I think my teammates would describe me as a tough, gritty, winning, like a winner.

Can you go into winner a little bit?

Like, what does that mean?

I'm going to be in the right position at the right time.

I'm going to be prepared.

Yeah, I just want to win at all costs.

And whatever that looks like, whatever I need to do is what I'll do.

And I have a track record of winning.

Then in the WNBA, winning three championships with three of the, how many teams have I played for?

You know, taking the time to sit down and go through this 300-page document and read, and if it was something I didn't understand, I Googled it.

And I'm like, okay, what does X, Y, and Z mean?

Oh, okay, got it.

And so then I would go back and reread a section.

And then if there were questions, hey, I saw this.

What exactly does this mean?

Our share should grow as the business grows because we're the reason the business is growing.

Being the, like, middleman in terms of I'm not the superstar, but I'm not a rookie.

I just knew that my lived experience would be so crucial and beneficial to this negotiation.

My salary?

Oh, I think I wrote it down.