Wally Green

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.

The year following that, I lived in the street. So I lived in the street for a year, hanging out every day, hanging out with my gang, You know, just doing real dumb stuff. And I just felt empty. Like, I felt lost. Like, you know, just like, I didn't care. I didn't care about anything. Like, I just didn't care.

The year following that, I lived in the street. So I lived in the street for a year, hanging out every day, hanging out with my gang, You know, just doing real dumb stuff. And I just felt empty. Like, I felt lost. Like, you know, just like, I didn't care. I didn't care about anything. Like, I just didn't care.

The year following that, I lived in the street. So I lived in the street for a year, hanging out every day, hanging out with my gang, You know, just doing real dumb stuff. And I just felt empty. Like, I felt lost. Like, you know, just like, I didn't care. I didn't care about anything. Like, I just didn't care.

And it was to the point to where, like I said, you know, anything that I felt, I would take out on other people. Right? And I could be angry at any given moment for no reason. Like, for no reason at all. I could be talking like this, and all of a sudden, now I'm angry. Because what happens, I start remembering. You know, because...

And it was to the point to where, like I said, you know, anything that I felt, I would take out on other people. Right? And I could be angry at any given moment for no reason. Like, for no reason at all. I could be talking like this, and all of a sudden, now I'm angry. Because what happens, I start remembering. You know, because...

And it was to the point to where, like I said, you know, anything that I felt, I would take out on other people. Right? And I could be angry at any given moment for no reason. Like, for no reason at all. I could be talking like this, and all of a sudden, now I'm angry. Because what happens, I start remembering. You know, because...

I tell people, you know, that trauma and those words, they're with you all the time. Like, they never leave you. Like, I hear this all the time in my head. You know, you guys have to hurry. My son's trying to kill my husband. I'm never going to forget it. It's always in my head. It was really difficult. I just, you know, like I said, I had no direction. And it was the ping pong. That's what I say.

I tell people, you know, that trauma and those words, they're with you all the time. Like, they never leave you. Like, I hear this all the time in my head. You know, you guys have to hurry. My son's trying to kill my husband. I'm never going to forget it. It's always in my head. It was really difficult. I just, you know, like I said, I had no direction. And it was the ping pong. That's what I say.

I tell people, you know, that trauma and those words, they're with you all the time. Like, they never leave you. Like, I hear this all the time in my head. You know, you guys have to hurry. My son's trying to kill my husband. I'm never going to forget it. It's always in my head. It was really difficult. I just, you know, like I said, I had no direction. And it was the ping pong. That's what I say.

The ping pong saved my life. It was a sport that I hated, that I got so interested because I saw people like me doing it. And that just kind of like took over my mind because, you know, ping pong is a very interesting sport because it's such a small ball and it's so fast. It occupies a lot of your mind. Like when you're playing, it's very hard to think about stuff because it's so fast.

The ping pong saved my life. It was a sport that I hated, that I got so interested because I saw people like me doing it. And that just kind of like took over my mind because, you know, ping pong is a very interesting sport because it's such a small ball and it's so fast. It occupies a lot of your mind. Like when you're playing, it's very hard to think about stuff because it's so fast.

The ping pong saved my life. It was a sport that I hated, that I got so interested because I saw people like me doing it. And that just kind of like took over my mind because, you know, ping pong is a very interesting sport because it's such a small ball and it's so fast. It occupies a lot of your mind. Like when you're playing, it's very hard to think about stuff because it's so fast.

Like if you play basketball, right, you have time where you can think about something. He, there's no time because it's 10th of a second to make a decision. So I noticed that, you know, when I played ping pong, like I thought less, I didn't get into those thoughts or remembering those words or remembering like what my step was. I was just focused on ping pong when I played other sports.

Like if you play basketball, right, you have time where you can think about something. He, there's no time because it's 10th of a second to make a decision. So I noticed that, you know, when I played ping pong, like I thought less, I didn't get into those thoughts or remembering those words or remembering like what my step was. I was just focused on ping pong when I played other sports.

Like if you play basketball, right, you have time where you can think about something. He, there's no time because it's 10th of a second to make a decision. So I noticed that, you know, when I played ping pong, like I thought less, I didn't get into those thoughts or remembering those words or remembering like what my step was. I was just focused on ping pong when I played other sports.

There'd be periods where I would, you know, stop.

There'd be periods where I would, you know, stop.

There'd be periods where I would, you know, stop.

Right, right. Yeah, yeah. That's the exact words. Yeah, yeah. So the ping pong is really what helped me. get through it. And I don't know if you heard the other part of the story. There was a guy who used to come to the ping pong club and he had met me and asked me if I had a partner. Right.