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Dwayne Johnson

by Austin R from Poquoson

“Training for me is a metaphor for life, period. The dedication, the determination, the desire, the work ethic, the great successes and the great failures - I take that into life.”
 (http://www.notablebiographies.com/news/Ge-La/Johnson-Dwayne-The-Rock.html)
(http://www.notablebiographies.com/news/Ge-La/Johnson-Dwayne-The-Rock.html)

A hero is multitalented, generous, and inspiring. Dwayne Johnson is my hero. He was born on May 2 1972. Dwayne Johnson is an actor and a wrestler. He is a wrestler like his father. Some of the movies he was in were The Mummy Returns, The Scorpion King, and The Rundown.

Johnson was born in Hayward, California. Children teased him about his size. "He pursued football with a vengeance," hoping to become the first member in his family to go to college. He suffered a back injury during his senior year. Before graduation Johnson was recruited by several colleges but he chose to head to Florida to attend the University of Miami where he played defensive tackle. They wanted to find a name for a six-foot-four-inch, 270 pound guy and they came up with the name The Rock. The Rock has a tattoo on his bicep. It’s a Brahma bull.

He is multitalented. He is a wrestler and an actor. He was a wrestler first. He learned some moves like the headlock and arm lock. He sells 120 million dollars in Rock items per year. He has video games and action figures. He was in a TV shows like That ‘70’s Show and Star Trek. Then he moved on to movies. The Scorpion King made 36 million dollars the weekend of April 2002.

He is generous. He gave a 2 million dollar donation in 2006 to build a living room to the University of Miami's alumni center. The 2 million dollars will also go to build a library, gallery, cafe, and a meeting area.

He inspires me. When I grow up I want to be like him. I want to be a movie actor, too. I am going to make donation to schools. I am going to give money to homeless people. I’ll play football in high school.

Dwayne Johnson is very important to me because he made movies that made me laugh. When he was a wrestler, I liked to watch him. His games are fun to play. When I was little I liked to play with the action figures. I like Dwayne Johnson because he has a lot of cool things in his life to read about.

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