- Tell me about your wife in these moments.

- My wife, Kim, she is a rock, you know.

I believe that's why I'm here.

I remember, I've been talking years about my story, but the part that still brings extreme emotion to me, was not knowing whether you're gonna live and talking to my boss.

My boss is, like, right there by my head.

I'm hearing the medevac come and pick me up and I said, "Please let Kim and my kids know I love them."

And you know, there's sort of this peace and maybe this little realization that you might not make it home.

You just don't know it.

Those are the last thoughts I had in Iraq and then I wouldn't wake up again until I was in Washington DC at Walter Reed at least 7 to 10 days later.

- So, after all this, you thought you were gonna lose them, you got them, you lost your legs, you said, "I do not want to stop serving."

- I say my rock bottom moment was probably about three months after I was wounded.

I think I hit this point where I fundamentally just gave up.

Like, I just wanted to quit.

Just everybody leave me alone, just do your thing, and just don't bother with me.

That's where I was.

And it was this one weekend I just was just balled up in a corner.

And I finally just said, "Gosh, I'm just gonna..." That's where I found presence.

Like, I'm just gonna live today.

I ain't worried about tomorrow.

I'm gonna live today.

And as I started to kind of look at my life, I'm like, well, why can't I soldier, you know?

Yeah, I can't run anymore, but I can do everything else.

And I said, "I am not defined by what I don't have.

I'm defined by what I do, and I'm gonna make you throw me out, 'cause I don't wanna quit.

I'm not giving up."