Press Conference Photos    Quotes, U.S. Olympic Greco-Roman Wrestling Team  Aug. 9, 2004, 2 p.m.    Steve Fraser (Colorado Springs, Colo.), head coach  Assessing his team:  "I'm very confident with our team. We've got a nice mix of veterans who have won medals in past Olympics, and we've got some newcomers to the Olympics, which lends itself to a nice mix in our chemistry. I'm confident we're going to do a great job here in Athens. The field is very difficult, it's very deep, there are a lot of tough matches. We're going to have to wrestle up to our potential and beyond that to achieve the goals we're set. Our goal is to win four medals and place all six wrestlers in the top 10. If we can do that, we'll win the unofficial team title. Every one (of the U.S. team members) has the capability of winning a medal."    Dennis Hall (Plover, Wis.), 55kg  On his return to the Olympics for the first time since 1996:  "I'm very excited to be coming to my third Olympic Games. I'm looking forward to the events here."    On Athens' preparations for the Olympic Games:  "I was pretty impressed with the way Athens is set up and ready for the Games. I came over here in 1999 and the traffic was real bad. I'm impressed so far - the traffic's been great and security's not a concern. They've got enough people doing the job. My main concern is getting ready for the Games."    Jim Gruenwald (Colorado Springs, Colo.), 60 kg  On his medal chances:  "As with any tournament, you don't train to lose. I think my medal chances are great. You look at my performances at the last four world competitions, every year I've taken a step up. Last year I was fourth, and this year, if I keep heading in the right direction, I'll get a medal."    On Athens' preparations for the Olympic Games:  "I was here in 2001 and at the time, to be honest, I didn't think they'd be ready. Then you hear all the things that had been put out in the media, that things weren't going to be ready, that it didn't look good. But then you get here, they're fine, they've done what they've needed to do to get the Games rolling. We got to the Village yesterday and it looks great. The cafeteria was unbelievable. At least they got the food ready for us."    Oscar Wood (Fort Carson, Colo.), 66 kg  On what he's learned from the veterans in his first Olympic experience:  "I've talked to a lot of the guys on the teams who are previous Olympians. They give a lot of good advice about thinks to think about and how to perform"    Brad Vering, (Colorado Springs, Colo.), 84kg  On being the first Nebraska-born (Schuyler, Neb.) wrestler to compete in the Olympics:  "You not only represent the United States (as an Olympian), but you also represent your home state. Being the first one from (Nebraska) to do it in wrestling, it feels good. I know that it's important for me to represent all the kids that have a dream coming from small towns. I feel blessed to be here representing my family, my hometown and, of course, the United States."    On Athens' preparations for the Olympic Games:  "Athens has done a great job. The people have been great here, and I feel very secure in the city."    Garrett Lowney (Freedom, Wis.), 96 kg  On the neck injury that kept him from competing at last year's world championships:  "I had a herniated disk between my third and fourth veterbrae. Along with some other neck problems that I'd had over the years it complicated things quite a bit. I had to have surgery to have my third and fourth vertebrae fused together, and they put a plate on it. I wasn't planning on wrestling again, but my neck healed up just the way I could have asked for. The doctors gave me the okay to start training again, and I haven't looked back. My neck doesn't limit me at all, and I really don't think about it any more."    Rulon Gardner (Afton, Wyo.), 120kg  On entering this Olympic Games as an underdog despite being the defending gold medallist:  "Coming into the Athens Olympics is a bit different feel, knowing that it's the second Olympic Games, but overall I think the anxiety is still the same. Being able to represent your country is everything an athlete can ask for. I think we'll all go out there and do our best and hopefully come home with a gold medal."    On being in Athens to compete:  "On the way in from the airport, we saw signs that say 'welcome home' and I think that's what's astonishing to me. Greco-Roman is one of the first Olympic sports, and this is it's birthplace. This is going to be the place for us to go out and show how we've prepared. The people of Athens have been nothing but spectacular in the last few years to get this beautiful city in place for us to be here to compete and hopefully be successful."