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THIS IS EXCITING,
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, JOINING US FROM THE NFC CHAMPIONS, TAMPA
BAY BUCCANEERS, PLEASE WELCOME TO THE SHOW GRONK HIMSELF IT IS
TIGHTENED ROB GRONKOWSKI.
THERE HE IS.
LOOK AT YOU.
A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS, GRONK.
YOU'RE GOING TO THE SUPER BOWL.
TELL ME, DOES THIS BEAT RETIREMENT OR WHAT?
>> YES, IT DOES.
CAN I TELL YOU THIS.
RETIREMENT WAS GREAT, WORKING WITH YOU.
BUT GOING TO THE SUPER BOWL, BEATS WORKING WITH YOU, JAMES,
I'M SORRY.
>> James: OH, HEY, I WOULD BE DISAPPOINTED IN YOU IF YOU SAID
ANYTHING ELSE.
WHERE ARE YOU RIGHT NOW?
WHERE ARE YOU IN ARE YOU ON THE BUS?
>> YES, SO WE CELEBRATED IN THE LOCKER ROOM ALREADY.
AND NOW I JUST ATE MY BURRITO.
AND LET ME TELL YOU, THAT WAS MY SUPERCELEBRATION, HI A BURRITO
WITH ALL THE QUESO-- DON'T WORRY, IT WASN'T JUST QUESO T
WAS SOUR CREAM ALSO TOO, I JUST DESERVED IT AFTER RETURNING
AROUND, BLOCKING PEOPLE ALL GAMES.
AND NOW I AM ON THE BUS, HEADED TO THE AIRPORT RIGHT NOW, I'M ON
THE BUS.
>> James: LAST SUMMER ON THIS VERY SHOW YOU TOLD US THAT TOM
BRADY CALLED YOU PERSONALLY AND ASKED YOU TO JOIN HIM AT TAMPA
BAY.
HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE YOU TO MAKE THAT DECISION?
AND DID YOU THINK THAT IT WOULD BE THIS SUK IS SESFUL THIS
QUICKLY?
>> YOU KNOW, THE DECISION TO COME DOWN HERE, MAN, I WAS JUST
READY TO PLAY BALLGAME.
WHEN TOM CALLED I THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO GO DOWN
TO FLORIDA.
I LOVED THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
I LOVED THE WEATHER, TO GO PLAY WITH TOM AGAIN.
THE OPPORTUNITY WAS JUST, YOU KNOW, PRESENTABLE IT JUST FELT
LIKE IT WAS RIGHT TO GO DOWN THERE AND PLAY.
AND NOW TO GET HERE, WE'RE GOING TO THE SUPER BOWL.
AGAIN THIS IS WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT.
OBVIOUSLY WE CAME DOWN HERE TO GO ALL THE WAY BUT TO GO ALL THE
WAY, THIS QUICKLY IN THE FIRST YEAR AND IT IS JUST
UNBELIEVABLE, MAN.
>> James: NOW LAST YEAR YOU WERE OBVIOUSLY NOT PLAYING IN
THE SUPER BOWL.
YOU WERE TAKING YOUR TIME OUT.
BUT YOU WERE THERE AT THE SUPER BOWL, SOMETHING CALLED GRONK
BEACH, AND I PUT THIS ENTIRE TURN AROUND, I PUT THE SUCCESS
OF TAMPA BAY'S RUN TO THE SUPER BOWL DOWN TO YOU DJING WITH MY
MUM AND DAD.
THIS TIME LAST YEAR, LOOK AT THIS CLIP.
♪ (LAUGHTER).
>> James: SO DO YOU CELEBRATE TONIGHT OR DO YOU SAVE IT ALL
FOR TWO WEEKS TIME?
>> YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW NOW THAT I HAVE BEEN TO A COUPLE OF SUPER
BOWLS, THE FIRST SUPER BOWL I WENT TO, I KIND OF CELEBRATED
REALLY HARD AFTER THE AFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME WHEN, YOU
KNOW, I STILL HAD A GAME LEFT, YOU KNOW, PRACTICE AND
EVERYTHING.
YOU KNOW, I'M KIND OF A LITTLE, BEEN THERE AND DONE THAT NOW, SO
I'M GOING TO SAVE IT FOR AFTER THE GAME.
HOPEFULLY IT GOES OUR WAY.
AND LET MAY TELL YOU, I TOLD YOU, I JUST HAD A BURRITO WITH
QUESO AND SOUR CREAM, THAT WAS MY CELEBRATION BECAUSE I STILL
GOT IT WORK TO DO.
WE STILL HAVE WORK TO DO.
AND THEN THAT IS WHEN THE BIG CELEBRATION COMES IN SUPER BOWL
WEEK.
>> James: GRONK TELL ME, I'M JUST INTERESTED TO KNOW.
JUST NOW, YOU ARE BACK IN THE LOCKER ROOM, EVERYBODY IS
CELEBRATING, EVERYBODY IS THRILLED.
IS THERE EVER A MOMENT OR WAS THERE A MOMENT TONIGHT WHERE YOU
AND TOM BRADY LOOK AT EACH OTHER AND GO, I CAN'T BELIEVE WE'RE
DOING IT AGAIN?
>> YES, WE DID.
AND WE GOT IN THE LOCKER ROOM, GAVE EACH OTHER A BIG HUG, THIS
IS WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT, THIS IS WHY WE CAME DOWN HERE.
THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, A DREAM.
LIKE ALL THE WORK WE PUT IN, WE KNEW WE HAD TO PUT A LOT OF WORK
IN, JUST COMING TO AN ORGANIZATION THAT, YOU KNOW,
THAT WAS READY FOR SUCCESS.
A LOT OF GREAT PLAYERS ON THIS TEAM.
A LOT OF GREAT COACHES.
AND WE JUST GAVE EACH OTHER A BIG HUG, MAN, WE'RE DOING IT.
AND WE'RE DOING A THING, AND THIS IS FOR REAL, WE'RE GOING TO
THE SUPER BOWL.
WE CAME DOWN HERE TO TAMPA, MAN, LET'S FINISH IT OFF.
WE HAVE TWO MORE WEEKS TO KEEP WORKING.
LET'S KEEP GOING AND FINISH IT OFF.
>> James: I'M SO HAPPY FOR YOU, GRONK.
I REALLY, REALLY AM.
WE ALL ARE AT THE SHOW.
WE WISH YOU WELL IN THE SUPER BOWL.
THANK YOU FOR MAWKK THE TIME FOR US.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, ROB GRONKOWSKI IS GOING BACK TO THE
SUPER BOWL.
AND WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH MORE "LATE, LATE SHOW" ARE RIGHT
AFTER THIS.