"I want to captain my side on the greatest stage of all but I'm fully aware of how tough the competition is for a place and the skipper's armband.
"This is the year sevens is really going to be showcased and I want to be a part of the team to help raise the profile of the sport."
Curry, who has won four Sevens World Series with New Zealand, is currently based in Papamoa.
The All Blacks Sevens team trains at three hubs - in Auckland, Waikato and Tauranga - where Curry and his teammates are preparing to claim Olympic glory at their first attempt.
"We want to win gold and we'll need the best possible team to realise that goal. I hope I can play my part in making sevens history," he said.
The All Blacks Sevens haven't had an ideal preparation with 2016 Sevens World Series defeats in both Paris and London at the quarter-final stage and Fiji winning the overall crown for the second year in a row.
"Fiji are certainly the ones to watch. They are very efficient and tough and in the last tournaments we haven't been up to standard," he said.
"It will be very hard to get the gold because I actually think there are six or seven teams that could take it if they perform at their best level.
"South Africa will almost certainly be in the mix but if everything clicks for us then we can make history for the sport, the Olympics and New Zealand."
Curry said a resonating memory he had from the Olympics was when cyclist Sarah Ulmer fell off her bike after winning gold in the 3km individual pursuitin 2004 at Athens, having set a world record and becoming the first New Zealander to win Olympic cycling gold.
"That one moment really stood out. Seeing her fall off, because she had given so much effort was inspiring to me as a young boy," he said.
"She gave absolutely everything and that is what you have to do as an athlete. I have always taken that memory with me and I make sure to leave everything on the field."
The former Manawatu Turbos player has plenty of family support from parents Philip and Judy and his three younger brothers Adrian, 26, Sean, 24, and Logan, 22.
Curry said he owed much to his family and in particular his three younger siblings, who had always been "extremely competitive".
"My brothers constantly pushed me growing up and I put a lot of my success down to them," he said.
"We were competitive about absolutely everything - whether it was on the rugby field or holding our breath under water.
"And they still help me now, spurring me on in training drills we do with each other and fully supporting my career."
The final 12-man NZ squad will fly to Florida at the end of July for an intensive training camp and acclimatising before heading to Rio 10 days before the Games start.
"The Olympics is the pinnacle of world sport and the side will certainly be ready to go and compete for that gold medal. We will give it the best shot we can."
