Championship Finals Quotes from U.S. National Championships    FREESTYLE CHAMPIONS    55 kg - Teague Moore, Gator WC    "I wanted to focus on getting the first takedown and controlling the action and pace. I felt if I could do that early, I could do it throughout. In the first period, I was more defensive. In the second period, I was more confident and I was more offensive and was able to finish my shots. I've wrestled him before. We are both from Pennsylvania. In freestyle I get nervous wrestling guys as big as him. They have so much leverage."    60 kg - Eric Guerrero, Sunkist Kids    "Wins are always good. I'm glad to win tonight. But I want to do more and do different things. I'm looking for a combination of old and new. I want to get better and build on what I have now. I'm glad to get it. I'm looking forward to the Trials and everything after that."    66 kg - Bill Zadick, Hawkeye WC    "I feel good I won, but I feel I could've wrestled better. This is a national tournament; there are always tough competitors. It's good to win this. I could have put more points on the board, and made it a better match for the fans. I don't know what his game plan was or if he had one. He tried to do what he does best. I tried to do what I do best."    74 kg - Joe Williams, Sunkist Kids    "The match went like I thought it would. I made him shut down. I felt in control and wrestled the match the way I wanted to. I have to keep training and getting better. I need to work on the areas that I have not mastered. Winning this keeps things in perspective for me. I know that what I've done in training is working, but I think about what if I had lost and I still need to improve."    84 kg - Cael Sanderson, Sunkist Kids    (About wrestling freestyle after college season) "I'm getting there. The rest of my life is now freestyle and I'm excited about that. I need to get stronger, control the tie-up and get turns in par terre. I need to get better at everything."    (About the match) "He's so strong. I had to come up with ways to finish my takedowns. That's something I'll have to work on."    "It's been a hectic few weeks since the national tournament. I didn't know if my head would be in it like I need it to be. I really can't complain with my performance. I'm looking forward to taking some time off. I'm getting married in two weeks, then I'm going on a honeymoon for a week in the Dominican Republic."     96 kg - Tim Hartung, Minnesota Storm    "I was not looking for the cradle. I had several opportunities with the front headlock earlier, and when I saw his leg, the cradle was there and I went for it. I had my hands locked and I wouldn't let go until the time ran out. My par terre has been great. I have worked a lot with the Greco guys, and with coaches Gordy and Marty Morgan. Lamer is one of the guys who tries to stop me from getting on the top. On the winter tours, when I was on the top,  I was confident. It has changed my wrestling. I was getting hurt at 184 pounds. My coaches talked me into going up and it worked out great. It has been real different."    120 kg - Kerry McCoy, New York AC    "Every match is difficult. Tolly is a great competitor. I knew he was a guy I'd have to beat. He gave me everything he had. He did a good job defending my attacks; he's done a good job of getting better. I feel I wrestled well this weekend. I didn't make any mistakes.  To be a World or Olympic champion you can't make any mistakes. I've lost in the past and it's because I've made mistakes."    "Going into the Olympics and World Championships I made a point to get better at the clinch. At the World Championships and Olympics I didn't get there. I've only been in it twice, at last year's World Team Trials."    GRECO-ROMAN CHAMPIONS    55 kg - Brandon Paulson, Minnesota Storm    (On the clinch) "I knew I wanted to stay in good position. If I stayed strong, he had to try something. I was comfortable in that position. There were 20 seconds left in the clinch, I put some pressure on him. He tried something not very smart and I took advantage of him. I had the conditioning edge in the second period. I own it. I feel I can lift anybody in the second period because of my conditioning."    (Comparing now to 1996 when he won an Olympic medal) I'm older and more mature now. In 1996 I was a different person. I scored a lot on my feet. Now, I'm a much more mature Greco-Roman wrestler. Now I score on the mat."    60 kg - Glenn Nieradka, U.S. Army    "I was going to try and go into the clinch earlier, but in the first period it didn't work out. I got in it in overtime. I wanted to score from there. "    (About his new weight class) "In the first tournament overseas, when I came down, I wrestled poorly. It made me nervous, but I've kept my weight down and I feel good now. One of the reasons I came down was to face Dennis Hall and Jim Gruenwald. They are the best at this weight. They are who I want to compete with."    (About winning his second National title) "It feels better this time. I got my feet wet with the first one, but there was a three year gap. It was real sweet tonight."    66 kg - Kevin Bracken, New York AC    "It's the first time we've wrestled since 1993. Marcel's a tough opponent, he's one of the best in the nation. Once I scored a three-point move, I thought I could hit it again. He knew it was coming, so I just let things happen. What I want to see is me winning at the World Championships. I expect to be in the number one spot in the world this year."    74 kg - Keith Sieracki, U.S. Army    "I had a terrible tournament, with the exception of that last match. I don't know how to put it. I know, of all the competitors, T.C. makes me rise to the occasion the most, because of the athlete and the wrestler he is. We both could be World Champion. This is the kind of wrestling I need to do to be the World Champion. Now, I have to stay in shape, get ready for the World Team Trials, enjoy spending some time with my daughter and do some walleye fishing."    84 kg - Ethan Bosch, New York AC    "It has been a long time. This is my 10th year here. I can't believe that I won. I put my time in. I'm thankful for the (U.S. Olympic) Training Center, my wife... this is the first time I'm married, and my first title. Is there any coincidence?... and I'm thankful to God. I don't feel any better this year than I have in the past. I stepped over on his gut wrench and I got him on a trapped arm near the edge. After the flurry, it was 6-1. Last year, I was ahead 8-0 against Matt Lindland in the semis and I lost, and seriously, the thought went through my mind, especially with Lindland in his corner. I buckled down, went at it, and didn't do anything stupid. I was able watch the last couple of seconds and have a smile on my face."    96 KG - Garrett Lowney, Minnesota Storm    "I knew it would be a battle. Justin is a go-er. I wanted to score earlier in the match. I got a 5-0 lead. I had to be active but not take any risks and make any mistakes. I felt I could have done some damage last year at the World Championships. I'm looking forward to going again and doing my best."    "I'm getting more and more confidence in Greco-Roman. I'm expanding my knowledge and repertoire. I'm feeling I'm getting better each year. If I was at my best at 20 years old, why am I in it? It's also nice to compete against people my size now (rather than against college heavyweights)."    120 kg - Dremiel Byers, U.S. Army    "Billy Pierce comes from the Rulon Gardner, Matt Ghaffari mold. He's right there with them. He has the strongest shoulders in the nation. I needed to stop his pummel. I've been working on my body lock. Now I can use my body lock and be comfortable in the clinch. I appreciate what Coach Shon Lewis has taught me about the clinch. I have to do whatever it takes to win. A lot of people know where they want to be in life. I don't want to be somebody who has to live the rest of his life not reaching his goals."    WOMEN CHAMPIONS    48 kg - Patricia Miranda, Dave Schultz WC    "It was intense out there. I just started feeling the rhythm and it just went from there. Strategy-wise I knew that had to get used