True Spirit (2023)

Teagan Croft: Jessica Watson

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• Jessica Watson : There's strength in being yourself. You know, I think... that's as hard as climbing any mountain. You know, I think there's bravery in admitting that you're not okay.

• Jessica Watson : I don't consider myself a hero. I'm just an ordinary girl who believed in her dream. You don't have to be anyone special to achieve something like this, you just have to find your dream, believe in it, and work really hard.

• Jessica Watson : I mean, you said we shouldn't fight Mother Nature. So let's work with her. Let Pink surf.

• Jessica Watson : There has to be a way.

• Jessica Watson : It was so wild, Ben. I thought we were gonna go all the way around.

• [first lines] 

  Jessica Watson : [narrating]  I grew up on the Sunshine Coast in Australia, which means my family and I were never far from the Ocean. If we weren't in it, we were on it. We practically lived on our boat, Home Abroad. It was a tight fit, Mum, Dad, and the four of us kids, but we were happy because we were together.

• Julie Watson : [about Jessica having been knocked unconscious]  What? You need a doctor!

  Jessica Watson : Oh, I didn't pack one of those.