Mitch McConnell Quotes

The toughest time was lying in a Tenerife hospital with no-one speaking English, next to a window with the sun beating down and my leg tied up, thinking I would never box again or even walk again. It took every bit of shine off winning the world title.

When you are injured you have to keep a positive mindset and keep moving forward.

The resilience of these people is amazing. I am a great believer that the sooner we get things up and running in terms of sport in this area, the better.

But this country is a great country and will always rebound.

I have to laugh because despite the destruction, we cannot let 'them' steal our pleasure. That is always the theme of my performances: I'm here to thrive, not just to survive.

Suffer not thy wrongs to shroud thy fate, But turn, my soul, to blessings which remain.

There is a tomorrow after a disaster, and it's sometimes hard to remember that in the midst of it.

We all have life storms, and when we get the rough times and we recover from them, we should celebrate that we got through it. No matter how bad it may seem, there's always something beautiful that you can find.

Working with Christopher, he convinced me he could fly, and he's convinced me he's going to walk again.

We've all fallen, but at the same time we're not broken. There is the hint that we are going to get up again.

No one is perfect in this world, and we all have our battles, but it's the way we get back on our feet and turn it around that really counts.

When we are flat on our backs there is no way to look but up.

I think in defeat you grope for things that are happy, and it's hard.

The world doesn't end just because one thing goes wrong.

We will never be defined by tragedy but, instead, by how we respond to it.

Pain is part of the past. There isn't one of us who doesn't still carry childhood wounds. Some are more horrific than others, but no matter how painful your young memories are, there were also glorious moments that kept you alive, or you would not be here today.

When I broke my leg, I never thought I'd ever be skating again let alone be standing on a world podium. I had to relearn how to skate, relearn how to even stand on one foot again. I had to relearn all my technique.

No matter what hard thing you may go through or what kind of pain you may go through there is still hope.

Things come and go - there's win, losses, and injuries, but you get back on the horse - but I appreciate what I've done more.

When my doctors said I would never walk, I didn't believe them. I knew I wasn't meant to spend my life in a chair.

At some points, hope was the only thing I had. When I began my journey toward walking again, I clung to hope like a life raft.

My dad never quit no matter what. He couldn't see, but he never let that stop him. Most people, when something like that happens, they just think their life is over. But that's not true. My dad can still do things like a normal person. He still cooks; he still watches my sister and my brother's baby when my mom's not home.

I want to show people no matter what they go through there's a light at the end of the tunnel.

I like to think of hope as a fact and something that wins out always. Whether you're hopeful or not, actually, you do get through what you're in the middle of. When you're in it, you don't feel like that's possible. But time and time again, we're proven wrong.

No matter what you're going through, there's a light at the end of the tunnel and it may seem hard to get to it but you can do it and just keep working towards it and you'll find the positive side of things.