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Speaker 1: After nine seasons and three Super Bowl wins in New England,

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Speaker 1: Rob Gronkowski will be a Patriot forever as he signs

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Speaker 1: a one day contract to officially retire as a Patriot.

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Speaker 1: Gronkowski says the Patriot way helped mold him into the

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Speaker 1: man he is today, through good and hard times.

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Speaker 2: I needed to be in that situation like I needed

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Speaker 2: it to be tough on me, like it made me

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Speaker 2: who I am. It made me the player that I am.

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Speaker 1: While it was a time to celebrate Gronk's career, it

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Speaker 1: was also a moment of reflection. He signed the deal

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Speaker 1: now because it was a wish from Susan Hurley, a

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Speaker 1: former Patriots cheerleader who helped with several charities, including Gronks.

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Speaker 1: She died earlier this month after a battle with ovarian cancer.

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Speaker 1: Gronk remembered when he first partnered with Hurley.

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Speaker 2: I knew that she was the one I didn't talk

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Speaker 2: to anyone else. I was like, Wow, I never seen

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Speaker 2: anyone have so much passion and so much grace for

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Speaker 2: you know what they want to do.

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Speaker 1: From Jillette Stadium. Kyle Bray WBZ, Boston's news radio