00:03It's the opportunity of a very young lifetime for this crop of junior Matildas.
00:09I love this.
00:09I love coming to camp, seeing everyone, seeing the staff, playing good football and looking
00:14towards the World Cup.
00:15Super, super excited.
00:16Willa Pearson became the youngest ever A-League debutante last season at 14.
00:22And a few months later at 15, she broke Sam Kerr's record as the youngest goalscorer.
00:27But the Sydney FC defender is keeping a level head.
00:31I can remember my first game, I was so, so nervous, but just trying to kind of compartmentalise
00:36what I'm doing.
00:37I'm just playing football.
00:38I've done it for ages now.
00:4017-year-old Maeve Nicholas plays for Adelaide United and has a similar outlook.
00:45Just enjoying the experience and then also making an impact and showing that Australian
00:50football, compared to the rest of the other nations, is capable of achieving amazing things.
00:55We want to perform, want the girls to express themselves, be brave, be bold, make themselves
01:02proud before making other people proud.
01:06Coach Mike Cooper says looking after the person is just as important as the player and has
01:11brought in different team building techniques, like getting players to share inspirational quotes.
01:17My quote is, hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard.
01:20And I think that resonates with me a lot because, you know, I'm always willing to work hard.
01:25My quote was, 1% better every day.
01:27So just trying to make sure everything you have that comes towards you, good or bad, you
01:32take a little bit out of that and see if you can be better the next day.
01:34Not cliches, but sage advice for players of all ages.
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