Top 17 Quotes by Jessica Lynch

I remember the first time I put on the Army uniform. I just felt like a totally different person - I felt proud.

Certain days I think definitely because we went in there and we got Saddam and that was our mission. On other days, we lost so many lives and so many brothers and sisters... on that aspect, no.

There's soldiers out there every day that are doing heroic things... We don't need to create them.

I grew up in Palestine, West Virginia, which is mostly a farming community; there aren't a lot of jobs.

I woke up and all I could see was Iraqis standing all around me, looking down upon me. I knew at that moment something terrible had happened and I wasn't in the right place.

I don't come from a rich family - it's not like we lived in a cardboard box, but we didn't have a ton of money.

The nurses at the hospital tried to soothe me, and they even tried unsuccessfully at one point to return me to Americans.

Honesty has always been very important to me.

I could be, you know, the person that shows little kids that giving up isn't something that you should do.

The whole idea that the rescue was staged or the soldiers were shooting blanks, that's just obvious stuff. Why would you do that in the middle of a war? It's just crazy.