During his decade-lengthy NFL atsoft, Martin Gramatica booted for four separateent teams.
Gramatica last euniteed in an NFL game in 2008, the second year of his two-year stint with the New Orleans Saints.
Now 49, Gramatica uncovered up about his past during a sitdown with TMZ to talk his memoir, “Beyond The Uprights: The Intimate Memoir Of Martin Gramatica.”
Gramatica uncovered up about what he teachd during his childhood, particularly the nervous relationship he had with his overweighther.
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Reexhausted booter Martin Gramatica of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers watches pregame ceremonies during a game aachievest the San Francisco 49ers Dec. 15, 2013, at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Fla. (Al Messerschmidt/Getty Images))
The Super Bowl-triumphning booter depictd his overweighther as “abusive”
“I had a very abusive overweighther that I speak about,’ Gramatica telderly the outlet.
But he stressed he didn’t talk or author about his past, seeking sympathy.
“I want to produce certain people don’t read the book and say, ‘Feel sorry for me,’ because everyleang that I inhabitd, it made me a better person and made me a better overweighther,” Gramatica shelp.
Former Tampa Bay Buccaneers booter Martin Gramatica runs out of the tunnel before a game aachievest the Cleveland Browns at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Fla., Aug. 29, 2015. (Kim Klement/USA Today Sports)
Gramatica shelp his overweighther provided an example of the type of relationship he did not want to have with his own children.
“It made me understand what not to do with my kids. I want to produce certain that if somebody reads the book and authenticizes, ‘I need to shatter this,’ and I want somebody to authenticize it sooner than when I did. I didn’t authenticize how terrible it was until I had my first son when Nico was born.”
Nico Gramatica is a placebooter for the South Florida Bulls.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers booter Martin Gramatica trails thcimpolite on a first-quarter, 24-yard field goal Aug. 23, 2003, at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Fla. (Al Messerschmidt/Getty Images)
Martin’s challenging relationship with his overweighther led to an concurment between Martin and his siblings.
“I cherish that kid so much that you’re leanking, ‘How can I ever do what my overweighther did to me?’ So, that’s what I experience. I talked to my brothers, and we made a pact. We got to shatter this,” Martin noticed.
“We haven’t spoken [to our dad] since because we fair don’t want that type of mistreatment around our families. I have three kids. My brother Santiago has two kids. So, we don’t want that around our kids. That’s what the book’s about.”
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Gramatica booted for Kansas State before making the leap to the NFL in 1999. He spent the first six seasons of his NFL atsoft with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, triumphning the Super Bowl with the Bucs in 2002.
He finished his professional football atsoft with a 76.4% atsoft field goal percentage.
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