Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has finally made the cover of Sports Illustrated. He made the announcement on Instagram, which you can read in its entirety below.
“Failure can be a cool & powerful thing.. When I was 15yrs old and started playing football, I had a dream that one day I’d play in the NFL and be on the cover of Sports Illustrated. Keep in mind, at 15, I also considered becoming a pro-boxer ’cause I thought I could be beat Mike Tyson who at that time, became the youngest ever Heavyweight Champ, so clearly my goals were extremely ambitious if not crack pipe level impossible.
I failed to make it to the NFL (as well as got cut from the Canadian Football League). But my football failure created a drive that still pushes me today.”
Head over to SportsIlusstrated.com to read their cover story on The Rock and “How football helped transform Dwayne Johnson into Hollywood’s biggest star.”