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Wally Green

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258 total appearances

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Mick Unplugged
Wally Green | Overcoming Adversity: Wally Green on Life, Ping Pong, and Pickleball

And so I just figured, you know what? I'm going to be great at this too. And I'm going to beat everyone. And that was my mindset. But I wasn't really respecting the sport and respecting the people that actually put, you know, years into the sport since three years old. Because of that, I would go play these tournaments.

Mick Unplugged
Wally Green | Overcoming Adversity: Wally Green on Life, Ping Pong, and Pickleball

And so I just figured, you know what? I'm going to be great at this too. And I'm going to beat everyone. And that was my mindset. But I wasn't really respecting the sport and respecting the people that actually put, you know, years into the sport since three years old. Because of that, I would go play these tournaments.

Mick Unplugged
Wally Green | Overcoming Adversity: Wally Green on Life, Ping Pong, and Pickleball

Like I would, you know, leave America, go to China and lose like 11-1, 11-2, 11-3, 11-1. Maybe don't get five points in one match. And my tournament would be over. So I just flew from America to China. And one day, that's it. I was done. And this happened for a long time. Like I was just losing. And it wasn't I couldn't play. I could play as practicing every day.

Mick Unplugged
Wally Green | Overcoming Adversity: Wally Green on Life, Ping Pong, and Pickleball

Like I would, you know, leave America, go to China and lose like 11-1, 11-2, 11-3, 11-1. Maybe don't get five points in one match. And my tournament would be over. So I just flew from America to China. And one day, that's it. I was done. And this happened for a long time. Like I was just losing. And it wasn't I couldn't play. I could play as practicing every day.

Mick Unplugged
Wally Green | Overcoming Adversity: Wally Green on Life, Ping Pong, and Pickleball

Like I would, you know, leave America, go to China and lose like 11-1, 11-2, 11-3, 11-1. Maybe don't get five points in one match. And my tournament would be over. So I just flew from America to China. And one day, that's it. I was done. And this happened for a long time. Like I was just losing. And it wasn't I couldn't play. I could play as practicing every day.

Mick Unplugged
Wally Green | Overcoming Adversity: Wally Green on Life, Ping Pong, and Pickleball

You know, I was practicing in different countries. But my mindset was wrong. I was thinking that because I'm such a great athlete, I should be great in this. And because I started to believe that I wasn't learning, right? I wasn't learning why I was losing. I wasn't learning. why, you know, the score was 11-1 or 11-2. And then I started to try to figure out how could I get better, right?

Mick Unplugged
Wally Green | Overcoming Adversity: Wally Green on Life, Ping Pong, and Pickleball

You know, I was practicing in different countries. But my mindset was wrong. I was thinking that because I'm such a great athlete, I should be great in this. And because I started to believe that I wasn't learning, right? I wasn't learning why I was losing. I wasn't learning. why, you know, the score was 11-1 or 11-2. And then I started to try to figure out how could I get better, right?

Mick Unplugged
Wally Green | Overcoming Adversity: Wally Green on Life, Ping Pong, and Pickleball

You know, I was practicing in different countries. But my mindset was wrong. I was thinking that because I'm such a great athlete, I should be great in this. And because I started to believe that I wasn't learning, right? I wasn't learning why I was losing. I wasn't learning. why, you know, the score was 11-1 or 11-2. And then I started to try to figure out how could I get better, right?

Mick Unplugged
Wally Green | Overcoming Adversity: Wally Green on Life, Ping Pong, and Pickleball

Because people would come up to me and they would say, you know, you should be playing basketball. Like, a lot of people tell me that. Like, you should be rapping. I mean, I was doing some hip hop back then. You should be doing this. And there's, you should be doing everything except this sport. Like, this is not, they were telling me this is not for you. Like, and people were telling me this.

Mick Unplugged
Wally Green | Overcoming Adversity: Wally Green on Life, Ping Pong, and Pickleball

Because people would come up to me and they would say, you know, you should be playing basketball. Like, a lot of people tell me that. Like, you should be rapping. I mean, I was doing some hip hop back then. You should be doing this. And there's, you should be doing everything except this sport. Like, this is not, they were telling me this is not for you. Like, and people were telling me this.

Mick Unplugged
Wally Green | Overcoming Adversity: Wally Green on Life, Ping Pong, and Pickleball

Because people would come up to me and they would say, you know, you should be playing basketball. Like, a lot of people tell me that. Like, you should be rapping. I mean, I was doing some hip hop back then. You should be doing this. And there's, you should be doing everything except this sport. Like, this is not, they were telling me this is not for you. Like, and people were telling me this.

Mick Unplugged
Wally Green | Overcoming Adversity: Wally Green on Life, Ping Pong, and Pickleball

And I started to like, think like, man, you know, all right, something is off here. Like I got to figure out how can I get better? And then I came up with this idea and I say, you know what? Maybe I'm putting too much pressure on myself. Instead of me trying to win a match, let me get five points.

Mick Unplugged
Wally Green | Overcoming Adversity: Wally Green on Life, Ping Pong, and Pickleball

And I started to like, think like, man, you know, all right, something is off here. Like I got to figure out how can I get better? And then I came up with this idea and I say, you know what? Maybe I'm putting too much pressure on myself. Instead of me trying to win a match, let me get five points.

Mick Unplugged
Wally Green | Overcoming Adversity: Wally Green on Life, Ping Pong, and Pickleball

And I started to like, think like, man, you know, all right, something is off here. Like I got to figure out how can I get better? And then I came up with this idea and I say, you know what? Maybe I'm putting too much pressure on myself. Instead of me trying to win a match, let me get five points.

Mick Unplugged
Wally Green | Overcoming Adversity: Wally Green on Life, Ping Pong, and Pickleball

If I can get five points in one match, not even five points in four out of seven games, just one match, I get five points, I'm the world champion. And so I conditioned my mind to believe this. So people thought I was crazy. That's why everyone in the world, like they know me because they thought I was crazy because I would go and play these tournaments and I would lose 4-0.

Mick Unplugged
Wally Green | Overcoming Adversity: Wally Green on Life, Ping Pong, and Pickleball

If I can get five points in one match, not even five points in four out of seven games, just one match, I get five points, I'm the world champion. And so I conditioned my mind to believe this. So people thought I was crazy. That's why everyone in the world, like they know me because they thought I was crazy because I would go and play these tournaments and I would lose 4-0.

Mick Unplugged
Wally Green | Overcoming Adversity: Wally Green on Life, Ping Pong, and Pickleball

If I can get five points in one match, not even five points in four out of seven games, just one match, I get five points, I'm the world champion. And so I conditioned my mind to believe this. So people thought I was crazy. That's why everyone in the world, like they know me because they thought I was crazy because I would go and play these tournaments and I would lose 4-0.

Mick Unplugged
Wally Green | Overcoming Adversity: Wally Green on Life, Ping Pong, and Pickleball

I got one game, five points. You would see me go, yeah, and I'd be happy.

Mick Unplugged
Wally Green | Overcoming Adversity: Wally Green on Life, Ping Pong, and Pickleball

I got one game, five points. You would see me go, yeah, and I'd be happy.

Mick Unplugged
Wally Green | Overcoming Adversity: Wally Green on Life, Ping Pong, and Pickleball

I got one game, five points. You would see me go, yeah, and I'd be happy.