Quotes from Guerrero, Williams and Cormier, plus Olympic coaches after freestyle weigh-in
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Gary Abbott (USA Wrestling)
08/27/2004
60 kg/132 lbs. - Eric Guerrero, Stillwater, Okla. (Gator WC) "I feel real good. We have had a plan right from the start. We followed it to the last day of training. I feel great. I am excited to wrestle." 74 kg/163 lbs. - Joe Williams, Iowa City, Iowa (Sunkist Kids) "It feels good. The entire preparation has been great. The weight cut and the training went just great. Everything has been positive. I look forward to stepping onto the mat and competing. I am looking at wrestling hard and taking them one match at a time. Just having fun and wrestling." 96 kg/211.5 lbs. - Daniel Cormier, Stillwater, Okla. (Gator WC) "It is going great and I feel good. Finally, we have been waiting a long time to get going. It is time to get on the mat and do what we have been doing our whole lives - that's wrestle. I think we have done everything we need to do. We just need to go out there and do what we are capable of doing and we will do fine." Olympic Coach Bobby Douglas "This is the second wave. If it does as well as the first group on the first day, we will do fine. We are scoring points. If we continue to score points, things will take care of itself." Olympic Coach Zeke Jones "The team is wrestling well. It gives this group confidence in their preparation. Everybody is calm. It is so early in the tournament, it is hard to know where we are yet. The plan we created has been executed well. We will take them one move, one minute at a time." Olympic Coach Tom Brands "The important thing is we have to do what we have been doing so far. We have to get tougher every match. We are on a roll, but the big thing is to get tougher every match and to score points."