We all know who Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is right? Former ten-time WWE World Heavyweight Champion and now a movie megastar? What a lot of casual Rock fans probably don’t know is that he played on the 1991 Miami Hurricanes national championship team.
College Spun shared an inspirational Instagram post that Johnson shared on Friday afternoon. In the post, he talks about his time a freshman on the team and when he tore up his shoulder playing football. He wanted to quit and his grades began to suffer because of it. He talked about how he get his life straight and went on to play in three national title games throughout his career.
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It’s nice to know that even professional wrestlers and movie stars go through tough times. The Rock persevered through his adversity and became one of the most recognizable faces in both the wrestling world and Hollywood today.
The Rock’s message is simple. You can succeed at anything in life as long as you just believe in yourself.
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