BRIDGET Ure looked to her future with partner Casey Tutungi and drew a certain conclusion.

"Life is going to be good no matter what," she said yesterday, and her words radiated strength and hope.

Ms Ure, 34, was speaking publicly for the first time since Tutungi's diagnosis of quadriplegia after a football accident, the Geelong Advertiser reported.

The Lorne, South Barwon and Geelong VFL-listed player is continuing treatment in Kew's Royal Talbot Rehabilitation Centre and the news of his injury has generated extraordinary support from within and far beyond his home communities.

Ms Ure described Casey, 28, as amazing in his approach to his new life situation.

She said their life together had taken a new path, but they had been rocks of support for each other.

"I guess, like in anyone's case, you're there to support your partner no matter what and I know he'd do the same for me," she said.

The couple, expecting a child in November, are taking treatment and life day by day.

"It's easier to manage that way," Ms Ure said.

"We don't know what the future looks like yet because Case is going to make recoveries and improvements on the way, so there's no set views in our heads on what life looks like yet. I mean obviously life is going to be good no matter what.

By Danny Lannen

Article first appeared www.heraldsun.com.au July 20, 2013