my favorite part that i tweeted and it got a lot of action on twitter, he said i am going to miss demarus thomas telling me that he loved me. he said after every touchdown, i love you and thank you for coming to denver. so personal. it was such a personal speech. >> uh-huh. >> a lot of fans have been watching this today, because they have had great things to say about peyton manning. absolutely. so many of you are sending in your thanks and love and well wishes. continue to send them in as well. send your messages to peyton using the hash tag be on 9. he says he is reading them. and he said he watches the news and kept up with them and thanked the fans sending the messages and letters meant more to him than anybody could ever know. >> ryan harris is live outside fans have gathered to support peyton. were they waiting for this moment? >> you bet, tarhonda. some of them were telling me they were here four years ago when peyton showed up for the first time to dove valley, coming full circle with his retirement announcement today. most of them are lined up behind the dove valley training center here