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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

So I came back to America when I was 16. And an incident happened where my stepfather was choking my mom. And I just looked over. And when I looked over, my stepfather says, what are you looking at? If you look over here, you're going to get the same thing. And I just lost it. Like, I don't even remember running out the house. I just kind of like just lost it, ran out the house.

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

So I came back to America when I was 16. And an incident happened where my stepfather was choking my mom. And I just looked over. And when I looked over, my stepfather says, what are you looking at? If you look over here, you're going to get the same thing. And I just lost it. Like, I don't even remember running out the house. I just kind of like just lost it, ran out the house.

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

So I came back to America when I was 16. And an incident happened where my stepfather was choking my mom. And I just looked over. And when I looked over, my stepfather says, what are you looking at? If you look over here, you're going to get the same thing. And I just lost it. Like, I don't even remember running out the house. I just kind of like just lost it, ran out the house.

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

I went and got a gun, came back in the house, and I put it to his face. And I was going to kill my stepfather. And my mom called the police. And my mom's exact words were, you guys need to hurry. My son's trying to kill my husband. And when she said that, like, I can't explain it. I was just empty.

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

I went and got a gun, came back in the house, and I put it to his face. And I was going to kill my stepfather. And my mom called the police. And my mom's exact words were, you guys need to hurry. My son's trying to kill my husband. And when she said that, like, I can't explain it. I was just empty.

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

I went and got a gun, came back in the house, and I put it to his face. And I was going to kill my stepfather. And my mom called the police. And my mom's exact words were, you guys need to hurry. My son's trying to kill my husband. And when she said that, like, I can't explain it. I was just empty.

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

It was like the ultimate betrayal that the person that I wanted to protect since I was a kid turned around and said this. And I took the gun and I put it to my mom's face. And I was going to end both their lives that day. That day, it was it. I was going to end both their lives. I was shaking. I was crying. And I was going to end both their lives. But then I remembered something.

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

It was like the ultimate betrayal that the person that I wanted to protect since I was a kid turned around and said this. And I took the gun and I put it to my mom's face. And I was going to end both their lives that day. That day, it was it. I was going to end both their lives. I was shaking. I was crying. And I was going to end both their lives. But then I remembered something.

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

It was like the ultimate betrayal that the person that I wanted to protect since I was a kid turned around and said this. And I took the gun and I put it to my mom's face. And I was going to end both their lives that day. That day, it was it. I was going to end both their lives. I was shaking. I was crying. And I was going to end both their lives. But then I remembered something.

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

You can say divine intervention. little birdie, whatever people want to call it, came to me and says, hey, hey, if you do this, if you do this right now, every single thing that your stepfather said is going to happen to you right now, today, if you do this. And, um, Luckily, I was smart enough to listen.

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

You can say divine intervention. little birdie, whatever people want to call it, came to me and says, hey, hey, if you do this, if you do this right now, every single thing that your stepfather said is going to happen to you right now, today, if you do this. And, um, Luckily, I was smart enough to listen.

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

You can say divine intervention. little birdie, whatever people want to call it, came to me and says, hey, hey, if you do this, if you do this right now, every single thing that your stepfather said is going to happen to you right now, today, if you do this. And, um, Luckily, I was smart enough to listen.

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

And I think more than being smart, I hated my stepfather so much that having nothing that he ever said come true was more important than me ending both their lives. So I walked away. And that's the answer to your question. That was the first step of like, you can do it. Because I tell people, It's easy to pull that trigger. It's not hard. I'm telling you, it's not like I could have.

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

And I think more than being smart, I hated my stepfather so much that having nothing that he ever said come true was more important than me ending both their lives. So I walked away. And that's the answer to your question. That was the first step of like, you can do it. Because I tell people, It's easy to pull that trigger. It's not hard. I'm telling you, it's not like I could have.

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

And I think more than being smart, I hated my stepfather so much that having nothing that he ever said come true was more important than me ending both their lives. So I walked away. And that's the answer to your question. That was the first step of like, you can do it. Because I tell people, It's easy to pull that trigger. It's not hard. I'm telling you, it's not like I could have.

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

It's easy to pull it, to walk away. It's the hardest thing I ever did to not do it. Because, you know, after that, like I was questioning myself, like you had your chance. Now you have the other side of you. Yo, bro, you had your chance. You didn't take it. You can end that guy's life. And now he's still walking around, you know, your mom and this, they're still together.

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

It's easy to pull it, to walk away. It's the hardest thing I ever did to not do it. Because, you know, after that, like I was questioning myself, like you had your chance. Now you have the other side of you. Yo, bro, you had your chance. You didn't take it. You can end that guy's life. And now he's still walking around, you know, your mom and this, they're still together.

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

It's easy to pull it, to walk away. It's the hardest thing I ever did to not do it. Because, you know, after that, like I was questioning myself, like you had your chance. Now you have the other side of you. Yo, bro, you had your chance. You didn't take it. You can end that guy's life. And now he's still walking around, you know, your mom and this, they're still together.

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

And look at you now, you're living in the street. You should have did what you had to do and then had to deal with that. But after I was able to get over that, then I realized like, you know, maybe I can do this, right? Maybe I can want something different for my life. And that's when ping pong came around.

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

And look at you now, you're living in the street. You should have did what you had to do and then had to deal with that. But after I was able to get over that, then I realized like, you know, maybe I can do this, right? Maybe I can want something different for my life. And that's when ping pong came around.