'Donna insists she and her family are “not bitter,” and “not mad,” and they’re just looking forward to seeing Richie play football again. Something she knew he’d do at some point because, as she put it, “my son was born determined. So I knew he’d be back. He trained for over a year. Day after day after day, never giving up his dream. Never letting anybody rain on his parade. I always told him, ‘it’s how you handle adversity in life, is what shows who you really are,’ and I’m very proud of him because I think he handled himself very well.”'