My immediate goals are to do well at the U.S. Championships and compete well in Europe this summer. I am aiming for consistency and small improvements for this year. There are no major championships this year (i.e. Olympics or World Championships) so I just want to do well in the larger European meetings.

Andrew Rock

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I am just building off what I did last year. I am trying to improve little by little. I am doing similar stuff to what I did a year ago, just trying to build on what I did the year before. My nutrition is as always, I am focused heavily on that because I think it really makes a difference.

— Andrew Rock

There are so many meets between now and Beijing. I have a lot I want to accomplish this year.

— Andrew Rock

If I really thought about it, in a way it's depressing. To work thousands of hours for three-tenths of a second. But in track terms, it's an eternity ... all the hard work pays off. In Finland, (winning a silver medal at the 2004 World Outdoor Championships) made it all worthwhile.

— Andrew Rock

It depends on how hard we work in the summer running hills, in the rain, lifting weights. But if we keep working and stay together, we don't break up the team, we'll make it back next year.

— Alfred Rock

I promised my teammates I wasn't going to let them down. I was going to let everything hang out this is the championship game.

— Alfred Rock