World Team Trials Press Conference  Roy Wilkins Auditorium, Saint Paul, Minn.  Thursday, June 20, 1:00 p.m.    Tim Hartung, Minnesota Storm, 97 kg freestyle  Garrett Lowney, Minnesota Storm, 97 kg Greco-Roman  Joe Williams, Sunkist Kids, 74 kg freestyle    Tim Hartung  (about how he became a successful freestyler)   "Putting in the time. Staying around all those freestyle guys. I've been working with Dan Chandler, Marty Morgan, Gordy Morgan, and in par terre with Greco guys like Garrett Lowney."    (about the home field advantage of wrestling in Minnesota)   "The crowd support in this state, with the college program, has been growing, and the athletes are training here. The majority of the people here will be Minnesota people. In any tight matches, it will make a difference."    "This will be a great opportunity for people in this state to see the next level. People in this state have not been able to see me, or (Brandon) Paulson or (Brandon) Eggum or Billy (Pierce) wrestle for a few years. A lot of people are looking forward to this. This is a great thing for Minnesota fans to see the top level of amateur wrestling right here in Minnesota."    Garrett Lowney    (about the difference that winning an Olympic medal made on his career)  "The biggest thing is my confidence level, after the Olympic year went way up. My confidence level in wrestling and in everything that I do has just increased so much and every time I step out on the mat, I'm so confident and know I have a shot to win."    (difference in preparing for Greco-Roman and freestyle)  "Preparing for Greco-Roman is a little bit different from college wrestling. College wrestling is a little bit less technical, more wearing your opponent down. It's more of a fight in college. When it comes to Greco, you have to be a little smarter, a little bit more aware of where you are, position wise. If you make one little mistake, these guys are so good, they capitalize and it will cost you the match.    (about making the U.S. team)  "Once you make the team, you want to never go back. You want to make it every single year. It being in Minnesota this year, I'm really excited. I'm pumped up for it. A lot of my friends and family who haven't seen me wrestle since I was in high school, its pretty close by, and they are looking forward to coming and supporting me. will be here."    Joe Williams    (about his high level of success in the last two years)  "It's really focusing in on par terre offense and defense, a real key for me. Just working with coaches like Kevin Jackson, Tom Brands and Jim Zalesky have given me the confidence to go out there and wrestle five or six consistent matches.    (about competing in Minnesota, a top rival for a wrestler from Iowa)  "It doesn't really matter where I'm in. My game plan is to go out and compete at my best. Being here, which is close to Iowa, I'm sure we will have a lot of Iowa fans here as well. I'm just looking forward to going out and competing. I'm sure the fans will be into the matches and  I look forward to being there as well."    (about Cael Sanderson)  "Recently, I worked out with him in Iowa City. I think he's on the right track. He's doing the things he needs to be doing, spending time out in Colorado Springs. Right now, he's on the right track. I've seen international competition at his weight. There's no doubt he is right up there with those guys. The most important thing for Cael is the par terre offense. I think that will be the biggest key between him winning the Worlds, as with myself. I look at it as being very beneficial for me, because I use him as a workout partner. I think he's on the right track.    Tim Hartung  (about Cael Sanderson)  "The one thing that has impressed me the most, even watching him as a freshman in college, is the amount of confidence he brings to the mat. No matter who he's going against, it looks like he is going to win. He thinks he'll win. He knows he'll win. He wrestles with the most confidence that I think I've ever seen anybody  have. With the amount of confidence he brings to the mat, it is going to be hard for someone to knock him off."    Garrett Lowney  (about being the top seed and waiting until the last day to wrestle)  "It's always nice when you have to make weight only three or four days before you have to wrestle. That's kind of a big benefit. It is hard to come into such a heavy competition without any matches under your belt, when the other guys have gone through the mini-tournament and have had a lot of confidence and a lot of success. They are gearing up against you, while you are coming in a little bit flat. You have to make sure that you prepare well for those matches. I make sure to wrestle one or two matches a day, like they are competition. I have singlets, time, have someone actually referee. Treat them like a match, just to get into that competition mentality."    Tim Hartung  (about learning to win on the international level)  "It has been a confidence thing for me, coming out of college and coming into the freestyle world. I lost a little bit of confidence and I struggled for awhile. It took me a couple years to build that confidence back up. Now I'm a little bit more confident."    Garrett Lowney  (about winning on the international level)  "For me, it's a step down in, not in competition, but in weight for me. In college, I'm wrestling against guys 40, 50 or 60 pounds heavier than me. It's actually kind of a relief when I get to wrestle guys down at 211. One thing about the difference between college and international. Is if you make one mistake in a match, it will cost you. In college, you can afford to make one or two mistakes and still possibly come back. It's very difficult in an international match. If you make a mistake and get scored on, it could be over."    Joe Williams  (about winning on the international level)  "It's a big jump. You are now wrestling the best guys in the world and in the country. You have to make sure that everything is taken care of. For me, the process has been a little bit tedious. Coming out first, being on the world team, having the Olympic year setback. For me, it has been back and forth. It's always been kind of a learning process. I'm excited about that. I look forward to it. And I think that's what makes wrestling interesting and fun, when you have to learn all over. For me, that's what it is like."    Garrett Lowney  (about the U.S. on the world level)  In freestyle, I noticed, overall our freestyle is up there on the world level. Whoever comes through in the U.S. has a shot at a World medal or a World title. In Greco, we are just getting to that point. We are building our program. We are getting more and more guys medalling and winning the World Championships. For Greco-Roman, when you make it through the World Team Trials, you have a tough road ahead of you. You really have to work hard to improve, or you won't be there. At the World Championships, you are one mistake away from going home."    (about selecting Greco-Roman over freestyle)  "Actually, it was kind of a mistake. When I was in high school, I told my dad that I was going to wrestle Greco again. Junior World Trials came along, and I injured my ankle real bad and couldn't finish the freestyle tournament. But  I made the World Team in Greco-Roman for Juniors, ended up going to Romania and winning it. From then on, I just stuck with Greco-Roman.    (about who wins when he wrestles Hartung)  "We wrestle a lot in practice. You can't really say that right now. Every day is different. With a guy like Tim, if you are even having a remotely-off day, he's gonna make you feel it. It's a battle every time."    Joe Williams  (about his readiness for this weekend)  "It good, real good. I'm looking forward to competing. Tom (Brands) and Jim (Zalesky) have kept me on track and on schedule. I've tried working on different things, in my par terre top and bottom. I'm having more confidence in my par terre top and bottom. On my feet, I continue to wrestle at my best for matches."    (is wrestling still fun for him)  Any competition is fun for me. Whether it is the U.S. Nationals or the World Team Trials, I