- Quick moved over 20 times growing up attending over 15 schools before he graduated.
- Quick's grandfather Red Cedar Chuck Todd was Chief of the Ottawa tribe of Oklahoma, a Federally recognized First Nation tribe with a long line of chief ancestor including, Chief Pontiac.
- Derek is a graduate of the U.S. Navy's elite Aviation Rescue Swimmer school where he was class leader circa 2007, before this Derek had a contract to become a U.S. Navy Seal and had already completed the first phases before he decided he wanted to save lives as a rescue swimmer.
- Derek has served active duty in multiple branches of the U.S. military including the U.S. Coast Guard and the U.S. Navy.
- Derek's cousin is the late Steve Gaines the lead guitarist and backup vocals for the legendary southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd.
- Derek is enrolled in the Ottawa Tribe Of Oklahoma.
- In 2023 Derek wrote and finished ten original feature and pilot screenplays and was a part of the NBC Universal sponsored Native American writers program and was accepted into the Veterans writers guild foundation.
- Derek runs his own personal hedge fund and was in third place in the world stock investing championship against professional hedge funds.
- Derek's biological father is from Chihuahua Mexico and resides there.
- Derek is a graduate of The American Academy Of Dramatic Arts (2014)-(Los Angeles), whose alumni includes Anne Hathaway · Adrien Brody· Jessica Chastain · Paul Rudd · Robert Redford and boasts (111) Oscars, 247 (Emmy's) between the alumni.
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