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Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Chris Gronkowski on playing in the NFL, his younger brother Rob and being on Shark Tank

Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Chris Van Vliet

Entrepreneurship, Mental Health, Business, Health & Fitness, Sports, Wrestling

4.94.5K Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2021

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Chris Gronkowski joins Chris Van Vliet from his home in Dallas, TX. Chris is the CEO and founder of Ice Sharker and also the older brother of NFL star Rob Gronkowski. He talks about his time in the NFL playing for the Dallas Cowboys, the Indianapolis Colts, and the Denver Broncos, what it was like not being drafted, being the middle of 5 Gronkowski brothers, the moment that he knew Rob was an elite football player, whether or not he thought Rob would stay retired from the NFL, his experience on the ABC show "Shark Tank", working with Alex Rodriguez and Mark Cuban, what fatherhood has taught him and much more!  If you enjoyed this episode, could I ask you to please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcast/iTunes? It takes less than a minute and makes a huge difference in helping to spread the word about the show and also to convince some hard-to-get guests.  For more information about Chris and INSIGHT go to https://chrisvanvliet.com  Follow CVV on social media:  Instagram:instagram.com/ChrisVanVliet Twitter:twitter.com/ChrisVanVliet Facebook:facebook.com/ChrisVanVliet YouTube:youtube.com/ChrisVanVliet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:45.5

Ah, yeah, good to see you or hear you.

0:48.7

Or I guess you're hearing me, right?

0:50.9

Welcome to Insight.

0:52.0

I'm Chris Van Fleet.

0:52.9

If you happen to be new here i'm an emmy award

0:55.2

winning tv host and i'm fascinated with finding out how people are wired to achieve greatness

1:00.8

it doesn't happen by accident on each episode of the show we have in-depth conversations and we

1:05.6

reverse engineer the habits and techniques of the world's top athletes, actors, entrepreneurs, you name it.

1:12.5

If they're the best at what they do, I want to get their insights so we can apply it to our

1:17.5

own life. And today we've got a combo. We've got an athlete turned entrepreneur. And he just so

1:24.3

happens to be part of one of the most legendary football families in the history of the NFL.

1:31.1

I'm talking about the Grankowski's.

1:33.4

Four out of the five Grankowski brothers played or are currently playing in the NFL.

1:40.4

Oh, and the brother who didn't play in the NFL?

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