The Australian women's national team coach Tony Gustavsson, alongside Matildas captain Sam Kerr, virtually met with the media to discuss the upcoming Tokyo Olympics and the 18-player squad selected for the Games.
Gustavsson will look to bring his plethora of Olympic experience to the Matildas squad, a squad hoping for redemption, after a heartbreaking quarter-final exit in Rio, five years ago.
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The Olympic Games' purpose has always been to showcase the best of human ability, with coach Gustavsson's attitude of 'one day better' appropriate for a competition that does not accept anything less than the pinnacle.
"I am very lucky to arrive at a team that owns the mindset of wanting to improve and wanting to develop,"
The inner drive in this team is huge. A lot of them have said that they want to take themselves to the next level, so the inner drive is there
"The perfect player, over my experiences working with successful athletes and teams is the one that really stands apart from the average. It's the one that has that inner drive to always want to get one day better."
National team captain Sam Kerr, expressed her excitement for the selected Olympic squad, with the core of the Rio 2016 campaign remaining, with a number of new, yet familiar faces. When asked about the attitude and expectation within the squad heading into Tokyo, Kerr was quick to emphasise just how much she believes in her fellow Matildas.
We can all see, this team is special. We are like a family here.
"We've had such a long time together now. So it's really special to be going to Olympic Games with them. I can't wait!"
Australia has been drawn in a tough group, alongside world champions The United States, Sweden and rivals New Zealand, with all three teams having some form of rivalry and history.
Kerr is not worried about expectation, only focused on their first match against cross-Tasman rivals New Zealand.
That's all I've really thought about. That's all I'll worry about until I get to the Olympics and what better way to start the Olympics than against our rivals.
When asked what her expectations were of the Matildas Olympic performance, Kerr mirrored Gustavsson's 'one day better' mantra, explaining that her sights were set on the here and now, taking it one game at a time and letting the results follow naturally.
"My job is to worry about performance and the most important game is the first game against New Zealand and that's all I've really thought about and all I've really worried about.
"What better way to start the Olympics than against our rivals, New Zealand. That first game for us is like the final at this point."