The Rock meets 1-year-old 'heart warrior' while shooting 'Baywatch'

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson may play a "tough guy," but the actor received a visit from a real "warrior" Thursday.

Sarah Collins was out with her family celebrating her daughter Sally's first birthday when they came across the Baywatch actor's shooting location in Savannah, Georgia. Collins asked The Rock if he would be open to meeting her toddler, who survived open heart surgery when she was just five months old.

In a message posted to Instagram, The Rock shared that Sarah "got teary eyed when talking about her baby and said something so simple, powerful and true: 'If Sally can fight thru this, then we can do anything.'"

"Amen," the actor wrote. "Yes you can."

The Rock then teased that he "might" have shed a tear or two himself, and encouraged the "lil' inspiring fighter" to stay strong. "You're a heart warrior and you have many many more birthdays to enjoy," he affirmed. "And remember Uncle DJ is the coolest."