Jun 14th, 2009 | 7:01 pm |
In an ESPN interview that aired on Sunday’s Sports Center Vince Young talked in detail with correspondant Michael Smith about the Monday night in September 2009 when team members feared he was missing and contemplating suicide.
Young had played poorly against Jacksonville the previous Sunday, was heavily booed by the fans, and left the game with a knee injury. Young left his cell phone at home, and family members, knowing he carried a gun with him, grew concerned. He was eventually located at an uncle’s home. Later in the evening, he met with the police, who were searching for him, and Titans’ coach Jeff Fisher.
In the interview, Young maintains, as he has from the start, that he was upset at how fans had reacted and concerned with his injury, but he never considered suicide. He says he carried the gun with him, as he typically did, for protection.
- “I had to sit down in Coach (Fisher’s) office, and I had to sit there until the lady came, the psychiatrist lady, for her to verify that I’m fine. All that type of stuff — it was embarrassing…I can’t stand when somebody jeopardizes my image and does…things that are unnecessary. Especially if I’ve told you, out of my mouth like a man, that I’m fine. Can I please go home? For all the stuff that happened that night…It was a sight to see.” – Young on the meeting with Fisher at the Titans’ practice facility
The full interview will air on E:60 July 28th 2009 at 7 p.m on ESPN
