U.S. Greco- Roman wrestler, Brandon Paulson, has been a member of the U.S. National Team for eight years. But he has some unfinished business to accomplish. Win an Olympic gold.       After not qualifying for the 2000 U.S. Olympic Greco-Roman wrestling team, he had considered leaving the sport. Since then he has been training to not let his dream of Olympic gold slip through his fingers again. Currently, Paulson is ranked number one at the 55 kg / 121 lbs. weight class. His goals are to qualify for the U.S. Olympic Team Trials-Wrestling, then qualify for the U.S. Olympic Greco-Roman team, and finally become an Olympic Champion.      Despite his drive in his quest to be a 2004 Olympic champion, Paulson keeps his life in perspective and his priorites straight. His number one priority is his family. Not only is Brandon Paulson an elite wrestler, but he is also a family man with a fulltime career. He has a wife, Rochell, and two daughters Sydney and Abbey who fully support him in his quest.       Before he steps on the mat, Paulson must help to support his family. In order to support his family and be able to see them while he is training, Paulson works a fulltime job. Having his family with him while he is training and competing is very important to him, so any money made outside of his work or USA Wrestling goes to make sure his family is able to be with him while he is on the road.       "If I did not have my job, I would not be wrestling right now," Paulson said.     Paulson works in sales and marketing working for his family's construction business:  Paulson Construction.      Paulson says that it is hard sometimes juggling training, a career, and his family. However, his family is his support system and they know how important this final goal is for him to accomplish thus he makes sure they are with him every step of the way.      Brandon Paulson is no stranger to the dedication for excellence. As a young wrestler at Anoka High School in Anoka, Minnesota, he won three consecutive state titles in 1990 - 92. He was also the first ever high school wrestler to make a senior-level Team USA when he was on the  1991 - 92 U.S. Greco-Roman National Team. Most noteably, Paulson has won a national title at every USA Wrestling age level.      He went to college at the University of Minnesota, only to take an Olympic redshirt in 1996 to accomplish his lifelong Olympic dream.      While at University of Minnesota, Paulson was under the instruction of head coach J Robinson, a U.S. Greco-Roman Olympian in 1976, assistant coach Marty Morgan, and Dan Chandler, who has been an Olympic Greco-Roman coach and was a member of the 1968 U.S. Greco-Roman Olympic Team. Chandler is also heavily involved with the University of Minnesota's wrestling program. These three men helped Paulson expand on his Greco-Roman expertise and helped to mold him into the wrestler he is today. After working so closely with them, he felt confident enough to make a run for a spot on the Olympic team and finally an Olympic medal, in 1996.      For a college athlete it is very controversial to take an Olympic redshirt while in college because the competition for places on the team is extremely competitive. There have been two Olympic redshirts to make the U.S. Olympic Team since 1996.      "My coaches were a bit hesitant at first, not really knowing what to think because wrestlers at that time rarely took an Olympic year off. I knew that is what I wanted to do so I had no regret," Paulson said.      His goal was to go to the Olympics. Despite taking third at the U.S. Nationals that year, he was the U.S. Olympic Team Trials champion and went on to capture a silver medal in the 1996 games.      From 1997-99 Paulson took a break from training and wrestling to concentrate on his family. He only wrestled in the 1999 Winter Classic, which he won, and in the1999 U.S. Nationals, he placed third.      After the devestation of not making the Olympic team in 2000, it led some to believe that he took too long of a break between the 1996 and 2000 Olympics. Thus, Paulson considered leaving the sport to concentrate on his family and career. However, he made his comeback in late 2001 and won a silver medal in the 2001 World Championships. In fall of 2003 he beat the reigning World Champion and remains a top medal hopeful for the United States.      He has slightly changed his focus on wrestling to make it more fun and less of a grind. Paulson has decided to do things differently      "It has been more work than ever. I incoporate more lifting into my training, while also focusing on technique rather than the fight. I hope to be able to score on and beat any opponent in the world I face," said Paulson. Because of this intensity, one of the main things he has to focus on is keeping his body healthy       "I have been in a position to watch Brandon mature. He has great technique and has only gotten better physically," stated Paulson's long-time coach Dan Chandler.      Chandler also touched on how Paulson reminds him of two-time Olympian Dennis Koslowski, the only U.S. Greco-Roman wrestler to ever win two Olympic medals, a bronze in 1988 and a silver in 1992. Like Paulson, Koslowski was an elite Greco-Roman wrestler who also juggled a career, family, and wrestling.       Even with age and juggling all aspects of his life, Chandler stated, "He is doing great, and hasn't lost his intensity or desire to win."       Said Paulson, "This is it, I have no one to prove it to but myself. I have been around for a long time and I feel with all the support from my coaches, USA Wrestling, and my family it is my time to give back to them," said Paulson. "On one given day, in August, I want to be the best and stand a top that  pedastal. I want to get there, I haven't gotten there yet."