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.