THE ED MYLETT SHOW - It Starts with Family w/ The Gronkowski Men

Episode Date: June 23, 2020

If you don’t come from a successful family, a successful family can come from you! The odds of having ALL of your 5 children grow up to play professional sports are 1 in 5 MILLION! Add on top of that, all 5 going on to find success in business and entrepreneurship is MIND-BLOWING! 🤯 As crazy as it sounds, it happened and they are here to share their story! I’ve never interviewed this many people at once before and especially not on Zoom but to do this story justice we needed all 6 of these family members to join me. I’ve got one of the greatest American and business life stories of all time RIGHT HERE on the Ed Mylett Show! It is with great pleasure to have the men of the Gronkowski family, Gordon (the dad), Gordie Jr., Dan, Chris, Rob, and Glenn all here to share their amazing story of success. They’ve ALL played professional sports in the NFL or MLB and have gone on to become successful multimillion-dollar entrepreneurs and even a New York Times bestselling author! If you want to become a better entrepreneur, a better parent, a better leader, be more fit, this interview is for you! You’ll learn from the family who has the receipts to back up their talk! It’s undeniable that this type of perpetual success MUST have A LOT to do with how these men were raised. Gordon senior reveals what he did to prepare his sons to excel mentally and physically. Gordon didn’t come from the traditional definition of success. From having the lights turned off in his family home and an abusive father, Gordon is PROOF that you don’t have to come from success to CREATE success! Every athlete will come to a point when their sports career on the field ends and the transition to the next phase in their lives is staring them in the face. This is a move so many athletes struggle to make. The brothers share their experience making this transition and key strategies that helped them make it successful. Find out straight from the source which childhood lessons learned during their upbringing were most essential to the Gronkowski brothers being able to dominate in sports AND in business. This interview is filled with REAL ADVICE and REAL STRATEGIES from the REAL DEAL!

This is the Edmmerlitz Show. Alright, welcome back to Max out everybody. I am very excited and somewhat concerned about today's show. Because I've got a bunch of powerful men. There's a lot of testosterone in the Zoom today. And I have one of, I'll tell you what I have here today. The more and more I've got to know these guys, especially dad, Gordy,

I've got one of the great American business and life stories sitting right here. You know, and, you know, I want you to imagine something. Imagine a father who ends up having all of his sons, all five boys play professional sports. Just think about that for a second. Let me give you the odds of that because I looked it up. One dad, by the way, a great mom to, today we're going to focus on the dad and the boys. One father, five sons, all played professional sports. The odds of that, one in 31 million.

And then on top of that, turns out all of them, post sports and endurance sports have all become successful entrepreneurs. All of them have been successful businessmen. All of them were successful in school as well. So this is a really remarkable story, kind of a hidden story because most people know one of the sons were playing the NFL Rob,

but I've got all of them here today. So I wanna welcome the Grant Kowski boys to the max out program. Welcome gentlemen, thanks for being here. Yeah, yeah. Hey. First off, I'm the only one who hasn't graduated from college yet.

So thank you for the compliment that we're all masterminds. And we all, you know, we're very well schooled. But my brother, Glenn, he graduated with two degrees at Kansas State. So he let me borrow his one of his degrees. So I got one now too. So thank you. If for those who are not on YouTube, that was Rob, the college non graduate of the family here. What we're going to do today, guys, is just so the audience knows, this is going to go all over the place because I'm interviewing basically six people at once. So we're going to interrupt each other and it'll probably a little bit of a shit show,

which is okay because you're going to learn a lot. Why should you be listening today? To be listening because you want to become a better entrepreneur or you want to get more fit or you want to raise better children or you want to become a better entrepreneur, or you want to get more fit, or you want to raise better children, or you want to know a little bit about how to develop and lead successful people. And Gordy, the leader of the family, the more I've read, the more he and I have talked, the more impressed I am. I want to read a quote to you, Gordy, but I want to start with you because you're the center

of all this stuff that's happened with your sons. And this is from growing up, but I thought this was interesting. It said, growing up, growing up is always being pushed and pushing back, fighting and scrapping, showing off to game racking rights without letting their egos become inflated. It seems to me like a centerpiece of this family has been mental toughness and competition, because at least been part of it, right? How did you do that? With that's been a big part of it in some years.

Talk about that a little bit, Morty. Yeah, it was a big part of it. And as I grew older, you know, I didn't have to really get involved anymore because they just got each other going constantly and they were just promoting each other constantly and they're just getting each other going. And it was like, when I got them in a basement

for the first time, my oldest son he didn't want nothing to do at the basement. And then I got the second guy down there. And I started him in eighth grade and wait, lift. And I'd say, hey, because I knew they had more talent than the other kids, because I coached them on. And then once I got them in there in a basement, Danny, the next thing, it was just like a virus,

you know, going through the family. And I didn't have to really go down there and really push them that much because they pushed themselves. It was a great thing for a dad to see. It was a phenomenal thing to see how they pushed each other. Was it ever a negative thing? All the competition? No, I thought it was great, you know, and my rule in the house was no punch in a face and no punch in a midsection. And they used to go at it all the time. It was a good brawl every single day and it was competition. What I did in a basement too, I set up trophy racks and each one had their own trophy case. And it was like competition who got the trophies downstairs. And they all bragged about it when it did some there for themselves but they stayed humble about it too you know because I said hey let that do the bragging you guys just stay humble and do your thing and you know and just

keep working at it. Were you I'm curious like all the humor that I see now was that part of the equation too like was it always you know light and funny and y'all taking shots at each other? Was that part something you did really serious? Because Gordy, I was reading about you. I'm gonna ask you this. I feel kind of a kinship with you. My dad was an alcoholic and but involved.

My dad's not my best friend. He's been sober 30 plus years, but I know what it's like to grow up where not everything's okay with dad. My sense is that had to have an impact on you if I'm wrong, correct me, but not having the perfect dad relationship at the time. Did that make you when you decided, hey, I'm gonna be a dad to be more involved,

more engaged with the boys. I don't go in deep early, but I'm curious if that had anything to do with it. Yeah, exactly. I mean, when I grew up, my dad was never there and I never came to my ball games. He never came to my little league games and that and that with my sons I always wanted to be a part of that. And it was and I was always there for my kids and I coached him and I did all that. But on the other hand I grew

up from a middle and lower class family. I mean we had our electric turned off and that and it was just me and my brother. And my dad, he was a very physical person too. You like to hit. And I just never wanted to be like him, you know. And I brought my kids up. I didn't want to bring my kids up like that. And I think it was a, you know, it made me tough. It made me my brother really tough, you know, just because we went through that. And it's really good that we went through it. I mean, I still love my dad in that. I'm sure you love your dad, but it's just a different love. And it's, it is. It's, like I said, with my kids, I didn't

want that for them at all. And I realized that. And I wanted to be there for my kids, because everything I hated, you know, because you wanted that your dad there. So you could say, Hey, dad, you're proud of me and have those nice comments come from your dad and all that stuff. But I never had that. So I had to feed myself. And that's basically I was a punk kid because there was no direction there. And I had to go through and then learn it myself. Yeah.

And he was also a good athlete. Everybody listening to kind of didn't get the encouragement from dad and all those coaches supported him like, I did a podcast house at Gaston, one Gordy, on a dad podcast. And the dude hosting it actually said, the lot better stuff than I did. But he said the one thing, he asked me, Danny goes, what do you want your boys to be able to say

about you or your children someday? And I said, you know what, I hope my kids say that I was a really good man. And that I loved them. Those are the know what? I hope my kids say that I was a really good man and That I love them those are the two things that hope my kids would take away the first things They'd say about me and he goes you know what I wanted my kids to say because that I was always there And I thought that's a big part of being a dad is like just being present all you guys because loose We're gonna get today. It's a blessing to have I know you all know this but, but to have a dad like Gordy, that was just there, not only there, but pushed you, loved you, cared about you.

It's a big deal. And I wanna ask you all, all of these guys, everyone, are successful in their own right. All of the sons. And so I wanna talk to Gordy first, and AKA Jean Money. Uh,

and Gordy, what's up? Don't you that aren't watching this? Get them an appreciation to do. My understanding, I mean, six, six. It's a big kid, man. This is a big man, right?

And one thing all of them also have that I like that I've seen, he's really big, strong man or pretty kind dudes. You know what I mean? Like they're pretty kind dudes, and people like him. And, but Gordy, in your case, I think you played baseball if I'm wrong, fixed that, okay? But, you know, like six years, professional baseball and what they call it, the baseball.

The success with that. How did, whatever you learned in sports Gordy, how did that transfer? Cause I'm a big fan of I pro cookies guys. I'm not trying to promote either. Just so you know, true story. You can ask Chris to just later. I wanted to, I wanted to stuff before I knew these guys.

I did. And then Chris and I were talking. He's like, I'm gonna send you some free cookies. I go, you don't need to do it, man. I got a box of these already. Now, it turns out he did send me some. But what are those lessons from dad from sports that you're using now

to build your own entrepreneur businesses? What's some of the things? The biggest thing I would say, well, first of all, when we were come out of college and everyone was coming out of high school, my brother Dan really helped push me. And I know we were just talking about that before. I wasn't a kid who was really in the weight room.

And what I could say honestly, without my brothers, I wouldn't have got to where I was on the sports field as well, as playing on the professional field at that type of level. Because without that camaraderie, he was always pushing to be better. And he was ahead of me in adversity sports.

And I looked back and I was like, you can go one of two ways here. And it made me a better person. It got got me stronger and then with the help of my parents they were like hey you can't be in Buffalo in New York if you want to get to the next level and you can't play baseball in the snow so if you want to help people help you out but you know you got to be well and to put in the effort so you know my pops taught me how to call college. He said, you're going to do it. It's not going to be me.

I'll show you how to do it. It made me a better person for that, you know, because I was scared, but it made me stronger. And then we got on the road and went and visit colleges. And I only had one scholarship board, not even a scholarship. I had one scholarship offer and then a one-hung offer in Florida. So, I mean, the biggest thing, the camaraderie, my brothers, you know, when I was younger. And then the teamwork that I learned throughout the biggest thing, the camaraderie, my brothers, you know, when I was younger, and then the teamwork

that I learned throughout the whole process. I think that's the biggest thing in business right now is you have to put good people around you. You know, I know where I'm strong at, but I also know where I'm very weak at. And I like to put people in those seats to help make me a better person, and to give them better opportunities as well.

And I could say honestly, without my brothers as a team, we're just not in the same spot. I think we all could say the same thing. We're not where we are today without the team work. And on the baseball or on the football field, and off the field of business. Yeah, it's going to seem like a weird analogy for everyone listening. And I mean, I mean, this was a compliment, you guys. One of the homes that I have that I live, And I mean, as a compliment, you guys, one of the homes that I have that I live, the Kardashian and Kris Jenner are my neighbors there. And I'm serious when I say this, I have such admiration for Kris

because of what she's created for those daughters of hers. And also how they've all worked together to build each other's brands and businesses, too, right? And it's not all that different with you guys. I'm not trying to say the Grand Cowskeese or the East Coast version of the Kardashians, but I'm trying to say in that right now, there's a, there's an element of it. You know what I'm saying? And I'm not, the way y'all got there is obviously different, but it's, it's, it's true.

You know, and I'm curious in your case, Lordy, because I have this. I do want baseball scholarship offer. And there's a lot of people that are listening. This is just specific to you all ask first. You know, the career ended too. That was your dream, right? You busted your ass. You were undervalued when you were younger.

Then you got a chance. And I know what it's like. You know, we'll all grunk out a year of it last year, right? But when that thing ends, guys, because all of the people on this call of Facebook, including me, like when your career ended, like people this is gonna relate,

their first dream ended, first relationship, first business didn't work out, you know, whatever it might be, what was that like for you? Was that a hard time when the big dream ended to find the next thing you wanted to be passionate about? Because you all know, we all have friends that are former athletes that really struggle in that days of, right? Yeah.

That's friends that are former athletes that struggle. I get friends when the business failed, their marriage failed. They struggle the rest of their life trying to find something they're passionate about or that they're good at again. Did you have any of that at all, Bordy? I think almost every athlete, you know, because we're so competitive, kind of has that. In them, one way or another, you know,

it's so hard to walk away. And most people are walking away, not on the terms they want to walk away. I think that's where the biggest challenge is. You know, they feel like they left something, you know, behind that they haven't been able to finish. And I know I've been at that point, even when I was released, when I was hurt, my third year with the Angels organization, I didn't want to go out the way I did by hurting my back.

I still wanted to finish my career, the note I wanted to finish my career. And then when I got there, yes, it wasn't the major leagues, but I was able to step away from minor league baseball when I wanted to step away from it. The second challenge to that though is when you do step away, how are you preparing yourself for the real world? And I think that's where athletes have the biggest challenge, because most athletes are either making a lot of money, unless you're in the minor leagues, but you know, you go for making all that money, probably not saving it the way you should be saving it. And then you're now trying to find your way in the real world without really having any experience. So I think those are some of the biggest challenges that a lot of athletes have, and they have a tough time and they struggle jumping into the real world. And I think that's where us as brothers have been able to lean on each other and lean on our parents, you know, to be able to take the next steps once we were ready and to transition into the, you know, the business world.

Yeah, the other thing too, when you're an athlete, your schedule's regimented more. You have to be at meetings and film or BP or the gym at a certain time. And then at schedule's years, that's a more difficult thing. And Chris, you know, by the way, this is why we're doing this interview, you guys, you should be following all these guys on social media because there's more than meets the eye with all of them. First off, it's all funny, but there's a lot of success

there. And Chris, in your case, like your serial entrepreneur, brother, and you hustle, and your social media is strong. Like I like following Chris. I think it's post or thoughtful. What's that? We like to follow him too. Here you go. And I like this. I'm being Mr. Pro mode today, but like he's part of the ice part of the protein stuff too, but he's also part of the ice shaker brand as well. What I like is like y'all are willing to take risks too, Chris. So, your ice shaker, you're all involved in

this. Paul's about it a little bit, and then like, how have you built a company? Like, a lot of people out there have a job to drive it in their car right now, and you know this as they follow you too, and they're like, look, I want to be an entrepreneur. I don't know exactly where to begin, but I want to be an entrepreneur. I don't know exactly where to begin but I want to be an entrepreneur. But some of your advice being man on what you did to create your entrepreneur adventures because there's multiple successful ones and then tell us a little bit about ice shaker too. I appreciate it Ed and Matt cheers come take with me as But man, so someone that's looking to be an entrepreneur, I always tell them first thing has to be passion.

Whatever you're doing, you have the absolutely love because it's going to be a grind. It's going to be a long grind. And if you don't love it, you're going to give up on it early. So first, find something that you absolutely love. And take a slow. I tell people that to take it slow because it you know, it's hard to jump all in. You can't just throw everything.

You know, you have to prove it first. And that's what I did with with my business. It was a side hustle at first. Very, you know, small investment at first until I proved it was successful. And then at that point, it was, you know, let's go, let's go all in and let's go hard. And so those were really, really my two biggest things is better, absolutely love it. And take a slow and let it build, let it grow.

Or you use your social to promote, like that's another thing you do well, right? Like you're conscious of using social media to move the brand, right? Yeah, so what I like to do is, you know, everything I do I try to bring value. And with that, a lot of times, you know, everything I do, I try to bring value. And with that, a lot of times, you know, the product does come in, the picture as well. And really, that's why I love the product, you know, is built around living a healthy,

active lifestyle. And that's what I live. That's how I live. And so when I'm doing things, you know, the bottle is just going to show up. But everything I do with social, you know, I really try to bring value to people. I want to give them workout tips. I want to show them bring value to people. I want to give them workout tips I want to show them what I'm eating. I want to show them the real life And I want to show them how to get real results and that's kind of how I play in my social

Yeah, the best people you guys if your listeners is an entrepreneur too is you are the brand on your social just live it right and if people You know see you living it. They're gonna want to acquire you like that's I'm not kidding when I say this to you guys. Like the 5 pro cookies, the reason I wanted these guys on because I am a client, I'm a customer of it. But it's because like all of these dudes are gonna hold up the cookies. All of these dudes are jacked. They're all fit, right? Like I wanna buy from someone who looks like I wanna look.

If I'm an entrepreneur, I'm gonna follow a really rich guy, right, or a rich woman. I wanna follow someone who's built something successful. And then Dan, I got a unique question. Dan was drafted by the Lions, played for a bunch of NFL teams, like a really great athlete, a really good football player. And I know you're involved in a family's foundation and some other stuff as well.

I'm curious for you, I want to ask you kind of about your role in the family, because I know with my family, I got curious for you, I want to ask you kind of about your role in the family. Because I know with my family, I got a couple kids. I'm kind of here through the great vine that you're like kind of the fighter due to the family. And I think that's like a compliment, like fighter, like you fought for everything you've got, right? I mean, I think probably in Rob's case, there's some, maybe he was a little bit more physically gifted, you can correct me if I wrong, but just use this dominant athlete.

We'll talk about his fighting. Yeah, but we wouldn't agree all thought for where we, where we got. It's just, I think, with Gord and myself, we really led the way. I know Gord might have had to catch up a little, but once he had college, he was full steam ahead on all American, his freshman year. And I think it kind of led the way for our brothers underneath us. I mean, especially when Rob came up and he had all the talent, and he was kind of like, oh, my brothers did it.

I don't have to kind of learn what life like they did. But yeah, I'm always trying to push the limits, do new things myself, and with the support of my brothers, I think we all do, and then we all lean on each other. Yavine, was there any issues with your, I'm curious, be real too. With Rob having such big success, has there ever been any jealousy issues amongst the brothers in terms of the sport part of it? Not for me. It's more every once in a while I have to kind of think and be like, I actually played in the NFL too because it's you almost forget because Rob just out there,

he's one of the best players ever and it does over I mean, out shines any of our brothers' careers. I mean, his alone is unbelievable. So you got to sit back once and want him to be like, I actually did that too. It's not just Rob, but I mean, it's awesome what he is doing. We all support him. And we're all our best fans. So did Gordon treat you all differently or the same?

I've always wondered that like, are you supposed to treat to develop a family like this? Do you treat everyone the same? Or do he know, let's say, yeah, are you supposed to treat, to develop a family like this? Do you treat everyone the same, or do he know, let's say, yeah, making it up, that, you know, Glenn needed to be loved on a little bit more and you could push Chris, or does it like the same style, all of you, no matter what?

I think it was the same style. I mean, I didn't grow up with any jealousy. None of us sit there and think we have. So, I guess it's all the same then. If we don't have any problems, it's worth it. So I know for Rob. Do you like the other ones? Do you like one of us more than the other?

Yeah, I just totally love one more than the other. I'm just playing with you. I love them all the same. We're on the spot. I'm just playing man. You don't. I love them all the same. I'm on the spot. Get us going. So rock, rock. Why do you retire really?

Give us the real story. I meant the real story. Well, first off, the name Grant, because you just went from Grant to Rob. What's pretty crazy is that my name was never Grant growing up. Dan was actually called Grant, basically, his whole life through high school and college. And then the name just kicked in when I got to the pros.

I mean, I was never called ground in college. I was never called ground in high school. It was always Dan's. But first when I was called that name, it threw me off a little bit. But I mean, it kind of developed. And then I got used to of developed and then I got used to it and then I inherited it and it's you know it's a great name now because I mean I always liked the name when Dan was called it but it was just weird at first because Dan was always

called grass but I love it now you know it represents the family but I kind of forgot your question now. I would just I Why Why Why Why Why Why Why Why Why Why Why Why Why Why Why Why Why Why Why Why Why Why Why Why Why Why Why Why Why Why Why Why Why Why Why Why Why Why Why Why Why Why Why Why Why Why Why Why Why Why Why Why Why Why Why Why Why Why Why Why Why Why Why Why Why Why Why Why Why Why Why Why Why Why Why Why Why Why Why Why Why Why Why Why Why Why Why Why Why Why Why Why Why Why I really didn't mean to do it. I'm just, it just actually happens because you're doing it all again right now. Oh, you've got, that's how good I am at it. What's the real reason? But I don't want to talk about it. Great hand and it's great hand and it's always a good

buddies of mine. So I know you know how to professionally maneuver in that space now, but let's just give me the truth. So you're beat up a little bit. I get that, make me up a lot. And you know, I don't up a little bit, I get that, make me beat up a lot. And, you know, I don't mean that disrespectfully. I mean, I know, obviously, you had a lot of injuries and you'd said you'd lost a step, maybe a half a step.

But, did you retire because of the injuries or were you just tired of playing in such a regimented environment? Be real. I mean, honestly, was that an element of it? Yeah, that was definitely an element of it. It played a part into it. But yes, I was I was for sure beat up. I mean, I was going out every single week, out the practices, you know, it beat up. And I was going in sometimes and asking for the day off.

And it's kind of like a tough environment. Like you go in and ask for a day off and, you know, the coaches look at you, like a day off. And it's kind of like a tough environment. Like you go in and ask for a day off, and the coaches look at you like a day off. What do you mean a day off? Everyone else is out there. And I kind of set the bar really high too when I first got there. Because when I was a rookie, I mean, I was trying to prove myself.

I was there for every rap, I was there for every practice. I was trying to jump in for extra reps. I was just giving up my body every single moment that I could just approve myself. I would never take myself out. I would never say no. That's because I was a rookie. And they were looking at you like,

oh, this guy will do anything. And then it continued on year after year after year. So then when it's going down, you get older, you're taking bigger heads. You're not recovering as quick. And then I start asking for, you know, a couple days off. And, you know, I can't get the days off and stuff. And, you know, and then I'm just working through it.

It's kind of, it's kind of tough roads to do that, man. If you're a little beat up and you just need one more data recover, but you can't get that data recover, you know, it's going to be a tough practice, then. And then you just keep getting behind more and more and more. And so in that case, I mean, I wouldn't say that was everything. I would just say also playing the game of football, not really knowing how to recover the way that I do now because you learn as you grow big time.

So I would say that just overall, the whole thing I needed a break from. I need a break from practice, I need a break from games, I need a break on my body because I did play football for what, 16 years straight throughout my life and then on top of it, in off season, we were going ham. My brothers and I, wherever we were, we would have limo bosses and guess what, the ride home on the limo boss would be a football game and I'm talking to you all in the 20s. Limo bus with the football game we wake up with bruises because we all be in the limo bus drilling each other so I truly never gave my body a break never really gave my body my mind a break so

I've been going ham basically my whole life man man. It needed a break. I felt it, like you said, a step or two behind, which I felt for sure. You know, some days I felt a step behind some other days when I was more beat up. I felt two steps behind. So, you know, now, you know, learning what I've learned throughout my career, though, too, learning how to change things, which is great. You can always make change and develop new skills and develop how they're recovered. It led to where I am now, and that's what led to me coming back also. So I just knew at that time, I needed to get away.

I needed a break. Many reasons led to it, but I would just say overall, yes, I body and mind needed to recover big time. Gotcha. Now, what do you weigh? And where's that step out now? What'd you say? You know, I would say I've been doing a lot of football stuff. Now the last, you know, over the year, I basically did everything else besides football, like literally every single

sport besides football. So my cardio, my, you know, my strength was kind of there still, but you know, to be in that football shape, though, to be running routes breaking down, coming out of your route, pushing off, you get out of play the game of football. So the last three weeks, I've been actually doing a lot more football stuff. I've been in the back yard throwing routes, running routes, actually just about two hours ago, Dan was throwing passes to me. And ago, Dan was growing passes

to me. And also, I was playing defensive back and my friend was running routes just to pick up those type of skills too, because those are all football skills. And you never know when you got to make a tackle, you got to be ready because it happened before and I just say that. But I'm about 257 pounds right now. I range sometimes I go to 262 and then I drop the 255. That's how much training goes in and that's how on top of it you've got to be.

If you even miss a meal now when you're training hard, your body can just completely complete itself and you can lose five pounds like overnight. That's how intense the training can get right now too. So I range and I gotta definitely eat a little bit more because I do wanna get the back to around 262, 265 permanently. I've hit it before lately, but I drop back down back in the 50s.

So I'm feeling good, man. And the routes have been going well too. Since I did like I've been doing liking yoga, volleyball, cornhole, pink pong, air hockey, name and he sport rollerblading, shooting the backyard basketball again, whatever you can do sports wise, I was doing. But now it's time to pick it back up, get that football memory down. And it came right back actually the last two weeks, you know, the route's been crisp now,

been running, you know, some tight routes coming out of my break, so it's feeling good. Good, brother. I'm so excited, you're firing me up right now, and it's not gonna hurt that the guy pulling it to you, you throw it to you once or twice. And who, Dan? Yeah, my mom.

I, hey, here's a quick story. So Dan, all pro-corner back in high school. This guy has every record at North High School. And we were just at North High School. And I just want to say, welcome all. Yeah, no, well, you broke all the receiving records. I'm talking about quarterback records. Yeah, I'm not quarterback broken because I was his receiver.

Oh, Yeah, that's not quarterback broken because that's his receiver. All right, well, let me finish the story. So Dan used to have all the records before Glant's quarterback, Beto Moth. So now I'm going, now we're back out there. My friends running routes, Dan throwing him passes. I had about, I had seven interceptions today on Dan and I had three of them were dropped too. So I almost had 10 interceptions on Dan and so he broke the record for most interceptions today. So if you are proud on the wall of fans and the real possible football.

Got another record back. The other kid married with played football. So speaking of TV again today, guy who now plays in here too. So Glegg's the baby, right? By like a long time, right? Like Lentz, the only one who threw a college touchdown pass, by the way. I had to throw that out. Not see.

Was it freshers? And the only one who run it? Unarab is one. Sorry. Like, like, like, like, like. Like, like, legit, like coming up with these dudes around you and your dad Gordy, what was that? Was there a lot of pressure or was it just like you were next? Yeah, I do want to say one of the traits

you left off that our dad taught us in the very beginning of this was our dance moves. So you're not going to dance move before. You got to make sure you check the nog is one of the traits that he thought it smoked right there. I see some clips from the Gronk cruises and I'm hoping that that was alcohol involved because based on that your dad was not a very good teacher. What's that? So, you're involved, what is studio blitz? Am I saying that right?

It is a blitz. Okay. I will say, go back to your earlier question that what I always tell people is I was fortunate enough to have Brothers to look up to brothers who led with a good example I don't know if I if I didn't have that if I would have got to where I was As Gorg was mentioning earlier we were all down there. He wasn't a big person that was working out I was kind of the same way when I was in eighth grade and we actually did a competition Gord called me He's like, hey, let's do this challenge.

We're going to do a challenge for the next two months. And if you don't work out, you owe the other person. I think it's $50 maybe. So every single day, we'd have to record ourselves working out. We have to text each other what we did. So for 60 days straight, I started to work out. And I didn't miss a day because when I'm in eighth grade, 50 bucks, I'm like, I can't, I can't pay them 50 bucks. I can't, I mean, I hope he doesn to work out. And I didn't miss a day, because when I'm in eighth grade, 50 bucks, I'm like, I can't, I can't pay them 50 bucks.

I can't, I mean, I hope he doesn't work out, because I don't have 50 bucks from him. That's like a whole year of supplies right there. So there's not always always push each other. That kind of got me motivated once, obviously you fall in that habit of working out every day just continues. So to have those brothers, brothers there to push you,

I always tell people, find somebody that believes in you that believes in the things You're doing it wanted to see you succeed and also help them out at the same time So I think that was definitely one of the biggest things that we had as brothers growing up Big deal you guys that are listening to this to have some family support man for the things you're doing It's a huge it's a huge deal You I'm curious in the family though Who would you say just I who is the wildest of you? Was there one that's the most wild of a Lee entire group or is it?

We all are in our own way, I'd say. You see more of these things to me. I'm serious. You see, just to say what Glandwerz on his head when he starts out. I see more white. I see more white. I miss that. You have to see what you wear on your head. Oh, I know. I heard you.

How come it always goes back to that? I read. No, I read. It's too funny. You seem like, I don't know. You seem the you strike me me as a slightly reserved, like an ugly, I mean, in a bad way. Maybe I'm completely stupid.

Oh, because I'm the smartest one in the family. That's why. I'm a good guy. You guys are good. Congratulations. I'm ready. I'm ready. I'm ready.

I'm ready. I'm ready. I'm ready. I'm ready. I'm ready. I'm ready. I'm ready. I'm ready. I'm ready. I'm ready. I'm ready. two degrees, 3.9 overall average, all well-planned college sports, had a donate one to Rob, so he could have a degree. But no, we always put the academics first. Chris got a degree from Harvard, Dan with the Rhodes Scholar, applicant. He couldn't want to get that and said he

chose to go to the NFL. Rob has a degree from me. Gourd has a degree in Carnegie. I mean, I'm just going to take we're going to be there. So big goody, talk about that. I want to hear about you guys. I'm going to listen to the athlete kids. And I'll seriously just, you've made school a big deal, Gordy. So talk about that for a minute. Raising sons like this.

How important school is. I don't think anybody here can play football to the eighth grade, right? Isn't that right? Right. Exactly, buddy. I don't think anybody here can play football to the eighth grade, right? Isn't that right? Right, exactly right. And that, but no, school came first, no matter what school came first. And there's actually times that I sat them out of games and that just because, you know, they didn't do the work.

And then they didn't think they had to. And I said, no, school comes first. And it's all sudden done. You better have an education, you know, to back you up when you go out in the real world. Am I? My ex-wife, she did a great job at that. My job was to get them into sports and, you know, keep them on that road, you know, keep them on that straight path and that. But she did a heck of a job educating them.

That was her job. And I'll tell you, some of them were like, Gordy, he was a tough kid because you lost his attention real quick. And she had the patience to sit there all night, wait a minute and get the job done and she did a great job at that. You think you're a lot of thepreneurs because you were Gordy.

Talk about your business too because here's what Gordy has on everybody on this call. He's been a successful entrepreneur for multiple decades, everybody, himself, okay. Do you think they all became entrepreneurial because they watched Dad do that? Do you think that's part of it? Oh, there was a huge influence, huge influence. And when you go play sports and add it's and you're educated, it's a deadly combination, it's a combination for success because what you learn in sports is incredible and that's what I always thought and like the one said before I forgot who said with the passion and

And I said once you find some you love and you have the passion surround yourself by great people and it's all gonna work out for you But you gotta want it and if you don't want it, you know, don't waste your time doing it And that's what I told them in sports. I'll get you where you want to go But if you don't want to do it, that's okay, you know, but don't waste your time doing it and that's what I told them in sports. I'll get you where you want to go but if you don't want to do it that's okay you know but don't waste my time but they saw how hard I worked. I worked at six years straight without a day off because I was a president of an oil company and I started my business on a slide. I worked six years without a day off just to you know get it going and then once finally got going enough where I could jump ship and just do my company by itself. But I've been in business for 30 years now. And I employ over 100 people at 13 retail stores. I mean, love in different states. And it's been a great

ride and it's fantastic. And to see I'm in a health and fitness business and to see what I do and help people and make them feel better about themselves and go out there and look good and that's what it's all about and coming into my store and I sell you a $3,000 tremor. I know you're going to use it. It's the greatest feeling I have and the greatest accomplishment. I mean you go sell Mercedes or something. That's just showing it. Doesn't do anything for a person. But when you work on you get in and you get fit and that's what I brought my kids up. You know, stay fit and it always and keep that mind strong and keep it in the next school and educate. And it's like I said, it's a deadly combination for success. Are you guys all hearing this that are listening or if you're watching this?

I mean hearing this success from dad to each of these sons, guys, it's unbelievable in their family. And I'm convinced I'm asked the sons of this, who ever wants to jump in can. I think a lot of things in life are caught not taught. Meaning it's not like, like I'm a hard worker, right? I think anyway, I'd like to think I am. My dad never success me down, it goes, work hard. I watch to my dad work hard. I watched my dad work hard. I caught that from my dad.

I think some of the greatest lessons you guys all in body weren't necessarily just things dad said to you, but you caught them from him. What some stuff, some of the, look there's guys that could have gone to Wharton here. There's, you know, Ivy League degrees. There's a million dollar earning on to Bernoulli's. There's NFL Hall of Fame. In Rob There's a million dollar earning on to for North. There's

NFL Hall of Famer in Rob's case not in Hall of Famers, but he's the greatest player of all time in his position And I felt just neighbor with the number two or three player of the decade, right? Like what did you guys Catch from dad? Anybody that wants to jump in something you caught from your own I'll start off. I, growing up as a kid, you know, even when we weren't young enough, you know, to hop in the weight room, because my dad got started and at about eighth grade. But he was always in the basement. And as a kid waking up, I would always hear my dad

in the basement grunting. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, working out. And like, we would always laugh at his grunts, but at the same time, it like inherited into us his work ethic. And we wanted to get down there with him because we were like, wow, that's cool. Our dad is grunting down there.

What is he doing down there? We want to grunt with him. So it just took it into us, you know? And eventually when we got old enough, my dad started working out with us and he taught us the way how to work out and we see him working out. You saw he had big muscles, big strong arms, a big chest, always showing off his chest because his chest is pretty diesel for sure. So we wanted to be like him and that's what brought us together. For sure, downstairs in the basement. That's really cool. But you know, that's what brought us together. We're sure downstairs in the basement. That's really cool.

Anybody else? I'll say that still continues today too. If you go home and you're sleeping there, he'll wake you up at 7 a.m. because he's still grinding in the basement every day. So he's still crushing it. If you're on YouTube, that's why he looks like that, you guys. Anything else you guys you caught from dad?

You just want to share. I'm just curious. I mean, I think people are fascinating. How do you have all these suns successful? You're successful yourself. And then also, you just want to share. I'm just curious. I mean, I think people are fascinating. How do you have all these suns successful, you're successful yourself? And then also, you know what you guys, there's nothing to want to trouble. You know, I'm not, obviously, I wouldn't want to know

all the behind the scenes of five professional athlete brothers. Let's just leave it a shot, right? But there's been no real trouble. And that's unbelievable. It's high profile as you guys all are, the success you've all had. There's a lot to be said for, you know, the way you've conducted yourselves overall

is a family publicly as well. I wanna acknowledge that with all of you. I mean, I know y'all have a good time, you're known for that, but it's a big deal. You know, there's been no scandal, no crazy thing happened for any of you. Anything else you guys all caught from that? Anybody Chris, anyone?

Yeah, I'll say, I definitely caught this. I don't think I put it into action yet, but I think it was the way that he coaches as kids. He was the coach that wanted everybody to play every single position. He wanted everybody to know all the fundamentals. So he was that guy that wasn't just gonna play us and pitch us and make us play first base or shortstop

because we're the best players. No, we were, but he wanted every single other player to be very good as well. So we always won because every player was good. Every player knew the fundamentals. Every player had a chance. Even if the player didn't want to play, he said, hey, you're going in your playing shortstop.

Because he wanted everyone to be a part of the team. So I think that was something that we just caught. And I think that's something that I want to 100% show to my kids and do when I coach teams as well. That's beautiful. So you guys, I'm going to do a little bit more here. Just a couple more minutes. I want to make sure we get as much from this family as I can.

By the way, it's going a lot more smoother with six to be than I thought. I was just pretty good. Because we're judgment. We all let each other take a turn. Yeah. I got to tell you though, one thing I watch, even watching you guys now, when I teach entrepreneurs stuff or when I go speak deep in sports teams, one of the things I'm kind of known for saying is, you know, everyone's on the mental side of winning, right? Visualization, you know, all the mental, positive aspects,

but I think winning is as much mental, but I actually think winning is even more environmental than just mental. Like, you know, Rob comes from, whether it was difficult to work in or not in New England, it was an environment, an environmental winnig, right? And not all that different environment is this family.

And little things create environment. And one of the things Gordy did, and Gordy, I want you to talk about this, was kind of, and I think it's seen small and it's not. And maybe even the boys don't even appreciate it. But was the fridge? was like what you would post on the refrigerator and how that became something in the family to some extent as well, right? Talk about that for a minute, Lordy.

Because I think that creates environment in a house, in competition. What did you do with that stuff? Did you post like accolades or messages? Yeah, I posted everything on there. I mean, a lot of it, you know, came from famous coaches, famous quotes. And I also did when somebody screwed up when the major athletes screwed up, I put the article up there and explained to them, hey, don't think

you're above the law, because you know, you're not. And the bottom line is every little thing I could think of when I'm up on every fringeigida to get them motivated and keep them on a straight narrow path. And I think, you know, they used to get up and probably said, oh, God, here, dad goes again, put another thing up there. But I think they all right them. I think they read them and they got something out of them. And I just coached them that way. Every time I saw some great line, you know, and I always, I was very competitive.

I hated to lose and I think they hate to lose to it. You saw when they played tennis in the yard or pick up basketball game against each other, I mean, it's curious. I mean, we played cards, run me 500, and you got to see us. I mean, me and Rob last night, we were going at it, you know, but I did beat him by five points, But anyway, it's just born holy on the night. What happened then? Yeah, but everything we do at, I mean, they really push push and it's very competitive. And like I always said about like Mintzombardi

said, hey, second place is where losers. And why not, you know, funny story used to play volleyball with my ex wifewife and at it. She always used to get so mad because she goes, oh, why don't you just do this for fun? Why don't you just calm down? You know, and I just said, well, it's fun to win. You know, you're gonna have fun, but winning's better and you're gonna have fun and win. You know, so to me, I'm always competitive. I have to win. And I think that got greeted into my kids, you know, hey, winning, you know, and you got to win the right way and you got to lose the right way, you know, if you do lose, you know, hey, why did you lose, you know, and you go back and that's what I saw my kids,

you know, they realized they were missing a step here or they weren't catching a ball right or something and they would go back today and they would catch them. I mean my son Gordy, his hips were closed shut. He was, it was got off of the watch and play baseball when he was young kid because he was slower than the last is. He used to hit the crap out of the ball but he was so slow and he's, you know, once Gordy got into and he said, yeah dad, this is what I want to do. I said, all right Gordy, here we we go. So I took it all out, a doctor, a physical therapist, and then we checked them out in his hips, where locked tight. And then he went down in that basement,

two hours every day, just working on his hips, you know, to beat a best out there. And that's what I told him. He got to work, and you got to work hard, and you got to have the patch and then the love for it. And he did, and just to see that, that they got that drive from me, you know, never to quit, you know, just keep on going until you can get it right. And I think it definitely went down into them.

And I love watching them because they're so competitive. And they just, if they're not, they get there. They read about it and they get there and they beat a bus. And that's how they are in business, too, they're always learning and calling me and asking me, hey, what do you think about this? And it's just a great feeling as a dad to see all that and see that we all come together and we're also close. And I tell everybody, I tell those guys, hey, I never want to see you fight with, you know, hate each other, not talk

to each other and all that, because we're a family. And we love each other and we all stick together and we all help each other. And that's what we're a family and we love each other and we all stick together and we all help each other. And that's what we do. And as a dad, it's one of the greatest feelings ever to see that. A great family, man. You should be really proud of yourself.

Like, seriously, I, there's no perfect family. I know you all know stuff that you know about the other dude, but you're a great family. About the competition thing, it's counter culture right now. And it's even easier to win now if you so competition into your family or into your company. I mean, not one of the dudes here didn't eventually quote something they beat the other guy on or some achievement they've had the other one didn't have.

And I always say winning is more fun than fun is fun, right? And all of these guys have won, and I know that in your companies, you guys foster competition as well. Like it's a big deal to be competing in your companies. And you know, I've enjoyed today, but I want to finish with something. I mean, I've had a good time with it. But I'm curious from each of you, there's millions of people that are listening to this and hopefully millions of watch it. But I know millions listen to it. And all of them want to turn some element of their life around. Not all of them are going to be an NFL Hall of Fame tight end.

Not all of them are going to be a million dollar entrepreneur. Not all of them are going to be a father of five really wonderfully successful sons. But they want to win. They want to know, they want to do what Gordy just described. They want to get some winning in their life again. Let's just be honest. In the world today, especially the last three, four months between Corona and all the crises going on in the world and some of the things with police and all these other things, feels like there's not a lot of winning happening. Sports have been on television,

a lot of businesses that were started or failed, a lot of people have lost their job, thought of savings has gone quite frankly, a lot of people who were getting or failed, a lot of people have lost their jobs, a lot of savings is gone, quite frankly, a lot of people who were getting fit aren't because they couldn't go to the gym, just a lot of stuff, right? And so, if these millions of people could sit with this family in your living room and you all five were there and they said,

I wanna win, like I'd like to start a business, right? I'd like to lose some weight, or, you know, I'd like to develop something I'm proud of in my life. Is there any piece of advice any of you guys would say, man, I know what I'm telling right now. What would it be? It's a hard question and I hope that would come around to the end because it might be. What I would say seriously, you got to take care of yourself first before you do anything because if you don't love yourself, you can't love anybody else and you can't be successful

in life. You'll just go around life being miserable if you don't love yourself you can't love anybody else and you can't be successful in life you'll just go around life be invisible if you if you don't love yourself and to love yourself you got to take care of yourself and that's what I taught my kids take care of yourself get in the basement you know don't get sloppy in that and use your mind all the time because once you stop using your mind I mean you go I mean you go fast you got to use your mind constantly think of new ways. Like you said, at a corona, and yeah, it's here and that, but think of new ways, think of new business ways right now.

We're all bouncing things off of each other, how to keep the businesses going and what we can do on the internet or whatever we gotta do to keep them all going, throwing new ideas at each other. But to me, I think it all starts by taking care of yourself. Do it answer anybody else? Or is that, that might be too good? Rob, you're not on your head and you want to say something? Yeah, that was because it was a great answer and I have to totally agree because I would say at some point in my career I wasn't really taking care of myself and it led down the road of me retiring.

I mean, I would say if I took care of myself the proper way from 20 to 30 years old, I probably would have been a different decision. I would probably say at the time I retired. I mean, if I was beat up and everything, but if I did everything proper when I was 20 all the way to 30, I mean, hence, you know, you got to learn, you know, learn techniques, learn ways to take care of yourself. It's not just all given to you, you just don't know. So you got to go through tough times in order to find different ways also. But like my dad said, take care of yourself. And that's what I've done the last year or two.

And then you can bounce right back when you do that. Great answer. Anybody else you guys, I think another, another thing is where you learn what we did. You learn a lot of this and when you're playing the NFL is don't don't take the highs or don't make the highs too high and the lows too low because it's never as good as you think and it's never as bad as you think so that just goes for I mean the growing of iris and and it's stuff like that it it's self like that. It's bad going on out there but it's not as bad as you really think. What can you do to better yourself right now? So when this is all done, how can you come out of it better? You get put a good support system

around you. That's what we have. So we bounce ideas off each other and if you're prepared in self, you can always make your way through it and come out even better at the end. I think that's what we're seeing with our a lot of our businesses. We prepared ourselves. We have a bunch of businesses and ideas that we can always put them in play

and work with each other to really come out on top in the end and a situation you think is bad. In the end, you come out actually really good. Very good. Yeah, Dan, you hit that right on, especially in the NFL, man. If you get, you know, on a high and then you get too high, you always get knocked back down.

I swear. That's just flipping the NFL. And when you get too low on yourself in the NFL and then you get too low on that too low It's so hard to bounce back then in the NFL. So you just always got to stay steady. That was perfectly well set, bro All that on kind of what I said earlier is just always surround yourself with good people People that are positive get rid of all that just always surround yourself with good people, people that are positive, get rid of all the negativity in your life and just surround yourself with people

that believe in you that want to see you achieve your best and really get with that person and go all in and go after it for sure. Wow, you're really good. Anybody who's like I said, we were fortunate enough to all have each other growing up is kind of like that, but I know there's a lot of people out there that don't have that support.

Doing it alone is a lot different than doing it with somebody who holds you accountable and you just gain so much more value from having someone else that's there with you during it all. Anyone else? Is it good? Well, I'm gonna get in now, right? That's what you're doing, too.

That was a good point, Glengis said, because they used to bring kids around here and I'd end like them and basically when there were kids in that, I said, hey, why are you hanging out with this guy? You know, he's not going nowhere in life. Hang out with positive people. People are going places and get rid of this kid. And I preached that all the time.

Hang out with good, good, solid people and good families. And that's going to take you a long way in life. Well, this has been, guys, I didn't know we were going to get this deep with with good, good solid people and good families. And that's gonna take you a long way in life. Well, this has been, guys, I didn't know we were gonna get this deep or this good, but like, it will be, except for this, the people will play back. Like, I'm kinda weird because when we do the show, I'm thinking, which one of these will make

the good Instagram clip for the minute to promote? And there's like, 14 of them in the interview. You know, sometimes you're trying to find one. This has been still good. You know, I wanna say one thing, you know This has been so good. You know, I want to say one thing. You know, right now when we're shooting this everybody, it's sort of in the middle of this really tense time with George Floyd and the terrible murder that took place there.

And, you know, people have asked me, I don't know what I could do. I'm going to, you know, words are great, but axes are better to the point of what all these guys have said. And getting people out of your life, is what Gordi just said, is a big deal. Getting negative people out of your life. Get them out. One step you could take if you want to help the world and you weren't about the race things that are happening,

you all got that one friend. You know what I'm talking about? We all got that one dude who kind of zone the borderline. He tells you those stupid jokes. He's got that little racist strain to him. You know who I'm talking about? Right when I said it, you thought of the dude, right? Get that MFR out of your freaking life. That's the first step you could take. Get that dude. Get negative people out of your life. Get people to drain your energy out of your life. And if you want to take one small step towards doing something great for race relationships, because you get those people out of your Dan life. They don't belong in it. And the last thing I want to say, I want to acknowledge the family.

Everyone listening to this, guys, want to have enjoyed this. And all of you listening to this, support the Gronkowski family business. We covered most of them today. But the ones we missed, follow all of them on social media. We're going to put all their names up here on the YouTube. Follow them. Get involved in their journey.

Learn from them. I'll tell you right now, you're gonna get more fit. You're gonna get more inspired. You're gonna laugh and you're gonna grow from all these guys. All of them will bring you something, right? But I wanna say one thing about glory, with his boys here, that I say this often, but I come from an average ordinary family, you guys.

And I think when you look at successful families like the Grand Kowskis, right, or you look at any rich family, you think, man, they've always been that way. And in every family that's successful, and every family that eventually wins, and every family that's eventually not middle class or poor anymore, one person shows up. It's always the one.

One person changes that family tree and they fight for their family to change their lives. And their family tree is different forever. And so if you don't come from a family that's successful, a successful family can come from you. You can change that. Gordy's that dude. These sons come from that guy right there.

And Gordy did something to change his family. They'd come from a successful family, loving family, but didn't have a great dad. No one was super wealthy. No one was running away to Harvard every single year and he changed his family because he fought for them. Six years without a day off in the gym grinding, five boys, all successful, all educated, except for all, and all the fame football players. But real, it's amazing.

And I think, Gordy and the Grand Cowskeys, for all of you, I can change my family tree forever. And the elements of it, we covered them today. And then they fly right by, yeah, post stuff on the fridge, create a positive environment, have some competition, have some mental toughness, catch the work ethic from you You know what be good person Become entrepreneurial get fit. These are the elements of how you change your family forever

And Gordy I just want to acknowledge you man. You have five wonderful sons But I just want to say that to you brother you changed your family tree forever And these five boys at your legacy It's really cool and you should be really proud of all of them and I'm inspired by all of you So Gordon congratulations Thank you, Ed and gentlemen. I'm proud of you and I'm here for all of you to help you and your businesses and your life Anything you ever need you got me in your corner and everyone remember this follow these guys on social And for me on Instagram I run the two-minute drill every day.

I make a post at 730 Pacific every day. And when I make that post, two minutes, you comment, you can win. You can win right on my jet, see any speed, max out of gear, coaching calls, all kinds of cool stuff. Sometimes coaching calls with my guests. If you miss the first two minutes, make a comment on every post I make every day.

It doesn't matter what time. And reply to other people's comments. It increases your chance of winning. And share this show. People need to know this story about this family and the elements of building a great family, great business, great lives. And gentlemen, all of you, thank you.

Today was awesome. I really appreciate it. Thank you. Thank you, man. I had that. I thought you were not saying Ryan. I had that. Hey, I'm going to point it out for you. Hey, back off. Flexin' Blue Drop, flexin'.

I'll show you. That's right, I'm going to show you. Hey, let's go! This is the InMiner Show. This is the Edmonton Show.