Carolyn Peck

Carolyn Peck

20-Jan-1966


Andorra


Sportscaster

It is fitting that Carolyn Peck’s first job opportunity gave her the opportunity to be the coach and general manager of a team called Miracles. While the WNBA’s Orlando franchise coach doesn’t rely on miracles, it doesn’t hurt to dream big and believe in their power as they descend the lines next to the basketball court. "I've found that nothing happens except a dream," Peck told John Denton of Gannett News Service. "That's the way I live my life." The life of naming Miss Basketball of Tennessee while in high school, working as an assistant coach at the University of Tennessee when they came to the national championship, winning her national championship as head coach of Purdue, has been chosen - 32 years old - as first head coach and general manager of Orlando Miracle.

QUOTES BY Carolyn Peck


"Looking at ESPN.com [Monday] and the bracket, they said that Florida could be the most schizophrenic team in the tournament. Well, you know what? When you're schizophrenic, you have that chance of being pretty good."

"We want to hopefully go back and correct some of the mistakes and make some adjustments to the things we did the first time that we played them and make it a good game on Sunday."

"Our players knew we wouldn't have a home game, and at this level you have to be ready to travel and win on the road."

"I think it was another tough in-state rival game, very similar to the one we had up in Tallahassee."

"It's something our seniors will remember forever. But I hope also it's something our underclassmen can take and understand the hard work and dedication it took our seniors to get to where they are so they put that same amount of work in for years to come."

"You've got to play to stay. Starting in the tournament, you've got to set your goals and refocus."

"She took our last loss very hard. But her numbers did not project the heart she played with. She knows that she's going to do better."

"I want for our underclassmen to look at what hard work does and how it pays off."

"You are always happy to take the 'W' any way you can get it. The one thing that I like about this team is that they do a good job of fighting back. The one thing that I don't like about this team is that they find themselves in a position to where they have to fight back."

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