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Derrick Thomas: In their Words
Feb. 6, 2005
“If I ever had an issue with Derrick and had him come to my office, he would walk in and have his eyes down. I would tell him that he'd have to do better, and he would say, ‘Coach, I know that.' Then I would say, ‘Just make sure you understand that, and everything will be fine.' He would always get this big grin — you've seen the grin — that was affirmation to me that he did understand and that everything would be OK.”
— Former Chiefs coach Marty Schottenheimer
“For even the mistakes he made, I don't think he ever had a bad intention. In my eyes, I've lost a really good friend. I miss him all the time. I miss him on third and long.”
— Restaurateur Mike Garozzo
“Derrick was never big on appearing on radio shows. He'd been asked many times, but he always turned down the invitations. But one time back in 1991 or 1992, I had a woman on my morning show on KCFX, and she was a historian on the JFK assassination.
“Now few people knew that Derrick was fascinated by the JFK assassination. He had every book on it, had every film, you name it. Every bit of information about JFK, he had. …When he found out this woman was going to be on the show, he was in the studios, bright and early at 6:30 a.m. And he wasn't exactly a morning person. But there was no way he was going to miss that.
“I think that's the only time we ever got him on the morning show.”
— Bob Gretz, KCFX reporter
“Every time I get in the car, the bell comes on when it's not fastened. Every time that happens, I say, ‘This guy is talking to me. Put your seat belt on.' ”
— John Guy, former Thomas coach at Alabama
“My first experience with Derrick was in his rookie year. I was at Houston, and we played against them. We actually got into a fight, the only one I had ever been in in my career. He chased me to the sideline, and I had thrown the ball just before going out of bounds, and he gave me a little extra push, and I didn't like that. I turned around and got in his face: ‘Hey, rookie, don't do that anymore.' We wound up grabbing each other and tussling underneath the Chiefs' bench. Then, the next series, we came out and apologized to each other, and from then on, we were probably the best of friends.”
— Warren Moon, former NFL quarterback
from Kansas City.com
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