Mike Tyson once bit off a man's ear. Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson nearly pulled a teammate's tongue out while playing football.

In Alan Shipnuck's cover story for the latest issue of Sports Illustrated, the Rock recounted one of his craziest moments playing football.

Johnson's frustration at not being an impact player boiled over one day after practice, when he was heckled by his friend and fellow linemate Kevin Patrick. "I was always running hot because I wasn't getting the playing time that I thought I deserved," says Johnson. "The truth of the matter is Warren Sapp was just a better player, but when you're young, you can't see that. Me and Kevin were in a coach's office, and he was talking s---, as always, but this time I just lost it. It was like a movie fight—the desk got turned over, stuff was flying all over the place. We spilled out onto the weight room floor, still going at it. He wouldn't stop talking, so I decided to pull his tongue out. I stuffed my big ol' hand into his mouth, and I had a couple of fingers around his tongue, but it was so damn slippery! I was quite serious about pulling it out, but I couldn't quite get a hold of it. Eventually I gave up, the fight ended, and two minutes later we were hugging each other. It was so dumb.

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The Rock and his teammate hugged it out after the incident.

I don't think I'll be able to watch Tooth Fairy the same way ever again.