Jim Scherr Great Quotations

Many people don't realize that women's wrestling is now an Olympic sport, ... It was a great experience for me to coach that team. It was an honor to be selected to do so.

Overall, we see this as a great performance, even if it has been viewed generally as a little less than that because of the high expectations we all had.

We expect a difficult time in terms of the environment going in but clearly we've got some great athletes to face those challenges.

That was absolutely improper and something we have taken great measures to have our athletes not do,

In Salt Lake City we were on our home soil, very friendly environment, same time zone, home-cooked meals, competing in front of friends and family. We expect a more difficult time here, but we clearly have a great group of athletes.

I know Bode. He's a good kid. He's a great athlete and we're just excited to see what he does.

It was a tough Games. Overall, this has been a great performance. We didn't achieve our total capability because of the high expectations coming in. It's a little bit our fault.

This team has taken a bit of a hit because of the expectations of some high-profile athletes. It was a case of mismanaged expectations and some unforeseen circumstances. But we'd hope a few incidents would not overshadow what we view as a great performance by our team.