Celebrities Who Were Secretly Incredible Athletes

HeMahershala Ali: Basketball

Long before all of that fame and success, he was a college basketball player. He went to Saint Mary's College of California on a basketball scholarship. By the end of his time there, he had lost interest in the game. Coincidentally, he wasn't into the politics of it all. His breaking point was when he was threatened to get "shipped off" to the University of Denver. 

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The More You Know

  • Soon after moving to New York City, Madonna worked at a Dunkin' Donuts. She was fired after one week for messing with the jelly machine.
  • At age 15, Cristiano Ronaldo was diagnosed with a heart condition that required surgery, he was briefly sidelined and made a full recovery.
  • Ryan Cabrera has a tattoo of Ryan Gosling's face on his leg.
  • Robert Downey Jr. claims that Burger King saved his life from his drug addiction.
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