Wayman Tisdale
Wayman Tisdale is yet another basketball player on our list. At the age of 32, he chose to retire from the court. The 6’9” power forward joined the NBA as the second pick during the 1985 draft. He spent 12 years playing in the NBA, during which he played for the Phoenix Suns, Sacramento Kings, and Indiana Pacers. When his stats started to decline during his last three years with the Suns, he stepped away from the sport. He decided to return to his first true love, which happens to be music. As a bass guitarist, he went into smooth jazz. Not many people know that he released his very first record when he was still active in the court back in 1995. Power Forward, his musical group, had been performing under Motown. They made eight records before the former basketball player died in 2009.
Wayman Tisdale
Terry Crews
When Terry Crews was the defensive end for Western Michigan, he earned a MAC conference championship and All-Conference honors. During the 1991 NFL draft, he was picked by the Los Angeles Rams in the 11th round. Before he ended up retiring from the sport in 1997, he spent time playing with the Chargers, Rams, and Redskins. He decided to go somewhere far from his first career. After his stint in the NFL, he found his true love in acting and went on to become a film and television superstar. He first made it big in Friday After Next and now stars on the popular sitcom Brooklyn Nine-Nine. His celebrity status is now sky-high – he was even named by TIME as the 2017 Person of the Year!
Terry Crews