It was just - utter feeling of helplessness is the only way I can describe it.

It is a feeling that words can't describe.

The worst feeling was helplessness. I'm done being helpless. I need to be on the front line. Few other things can occupy my mind. I can't read books. I can't watch movies. They can't distract me from the hurt.

I can't describe the feeling I had during the Parade of Champions. There were so many people. I've never experienced a crowd like that before. It was incredible.

The greatest reward is to know that one can speak and emit articulate sounds and utter words that describe things, events and emotions.

I don't think anybody has captured this feeling of utter queasiness you have when all your professional premises are taken away. Recounting it now, it sounds like everything fell into place (logically). But it was the most unsettling, nauseating experience. The outcome wasn't assured, and most of us only had a vague sense of what to do next.