Athlete quotes from Session 2 of the World Freestyle Championships

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John Fuller (USA Wrestling)
09/12/2003


Men's 55 kg/121 lbs. - Stephen Abas dec. Namiq Abdullaev (Azerbaijan), 3-1, ot, 8:30  "I set a goal a long time ago to be a World Champion and to do that I have to win my pool."    "My last move was a re-shot. I knew I was the offensive wrestler, but I didn't want to take too many risks. I saw that there was an opening for a re-shot and I took it."    "We were a little slow getting used to (the clinch). I think it is mainly from our background. Most of the European countries are Greco, and the clinch is used a lot more often in that style."    Men's 60 kg/132 lbs. - Eric Guerrero dec. Michele Liuzzi (Italy), 4-3  "I've been down before. He's a good wrestler. Being from Italy, a lot of people underestimated him."    "It's the World Championships. The wins are going to be tough and the rounds are going to be tough."    Men's 66 kg/145.5 lbs. - Jamill Kelly dec. Ramesh Kumar (India), 6-1  "This morning, I got to come early and see the set-up of all this, so I was ready for it tonight."    "The thing with me is that I am just going to go out there and wrestle. I am not going to try to analyze it too much."    Men's 84 kg/185 lbs. - Cael Sanderson dec. Majid Khodaei (Iran), 8-2  "He was pretty good from the bottom. It's hard to break these guys down."    "It feels great to be here. It's just hard to believe that I'm actually competing in the World Championships."    "I could hear the crowd. I knew that it was a huge match. It's the World Championships. They are all huge matches."    Men's 120 kg/264.5 lbs. - Kerry McCoy tech. fall Duane Van (South Africa), 11-1, 1:54  "I have been waiting so long for this tournament to come, and then waiting until nine o'clock to get my first match made it an even longer day."    "We came to win 7 golds, and that's what we are still looking at doing."    "I want to dominate and wrestle my best."      Women's 55 kg/121 lbs. - Tina George pinned Ludmila Christea (Moldova), 2:36  "I got my bell run pretty good this morning. For this match, I felt good and got a good warm-up in. I trusted my training and trusted my conditioning and got through it."    "That thing that I pinned her with wasn't a move that I normally do, but it was there and I took it."    Women's 59 kg/130 lbs. - Sally Roberts dec. Stefanie Stueber (Germany), 10-3  "I wasn't nervous at all. Basically, I just wanted to go for a tech, but I should have just stuck with my 9-1 lead."    "I am really relaxed, really confident and I have so much support that even an idiot can believe in themselves."    Women's 67 kg/147.5 lbs. - Kristie Marano tech. fall Martina Zyklova (Czech Republic), 10-0, 4:10  "I'm super excited because I feel good right now. I was nervous coming into the tournament about some of the mistakes I have been making, but everything seems to be coming together for me."