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Wally Green

๐Ÿ‘ค Person
258 total appearances

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

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.

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

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.

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

And at this time I was like kind of living in the street and I was like, no, he was like, listen, you know, I'll pay you $20. If you could just hit with me, be my hitting partner, like twice a week. And I was like, $20. Yeah, of course. No, that's easy. Right. I like to just hit with this guy. I wasn't great, but I can, You know, I can hit basic balls. And so this guy would play with me.

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

And at this time I was like kind of living in the street and I was like, no, he was like, listen, you know, I'll pay you $20. If you could just hit with me, be my hitting partner, like twice a week. And I was like, $20. Yeah, of course. No, that's easy. Right. I like to just hit with this guy. I wasn't great, but I can, You know, I can hit basic balls. And so this guy would play with me.

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

And at this time I was like kind of living in the street and I was like, no, he was like, listen, you know, I'll pay you $20. If you could just hit with me, be my hitting partner, like twice a week. And I was like, $20. Yeah, of course. No, that's easy. Right. I like to just hit with this guy. I wasn't great, but I can, You know, I can hit basic balls. And so this guy would play with me.

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

We'd play together. And then, you know, we became sort of kind of close, right? Because I had no, like, adult figure that I could talk to. And I really needed to talk because this was right after. And then, you know, I was such a bad head. And I would talk to this guy sometimes. And plus, for me, he was like this random dude. So it didn't even matter, right? It wasn't anything serious.

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

We'd play together. And then, you know, we became sort of kind of close, right? Because I had no, like, adult figure that I could talk to. And I really needed to talk because this was right after. And then, you know, I was such a bad head. And I would talk to this guy sometimes. And plus, for me, he was like this random dude. So it didn't even matter, right? It wasn't anything serious.

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

We'd play together. And then, you know, we became sort of kind of close, right? Because I had no, like, adult figure that I could talk to. And I really needed to talk because this was right after. And then, you know, I was such a bad head. And I would talk to this guy sometimes. And plus, for me, he was like this random dude. So it didn't even matter, right? It wasn't anything serious.

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

And for him, it was more like a TV show. right so i always tell people like you know if you don't know anyone who's lived that life or been in that life it's impossible to understand right it's impossible for a lot of people to kind of like you know understand how a 13 year old has guns right for me i hear it i'm like okay That's normal. I'm not going to go, oh, my God, really?

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

And for him, it was more like a TV show. right so i always tell people like you know if you don't know anyone who's lived that life or been in that life it's impossible to understand right it's impossible for a lot of people to kind of like you know understand how a 13 year old has guns right for me i hear it i'm like okay That's normal. I'm not going to go, oh, my God, really?

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

And for him, it was more like a TV show. right so i always tell people like you know if you don't know anyone who's lived that life or been in that life it's impossible to understand right it's impossible for a lot of people to kind of like you know understand how a 13 year old has guns right for me i hear it i'm like okay That's normal. I'm not going to go, oh, my God, really?

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

But he was like, oh, my God, really? That's impossible. So he never really kind of like took it seriously. Then one day I went to the club and a .22 fell out of my bag in front of him. And he saw it. And immediately I said, yo, I got to go because I don't know what he's going to do. He's going to call police. I don't know what he's going to do. So I left.

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

But he was like, oh, my God, really? That's impossible. So he never really kind of like took it seriously. Then one day I went to the club and a .22 fell out of my bag in front of him. And he saw it. And immediately I said, yo, I got to go because I don't know what he's going to do. He's going to call police. I don't know what he's going to do. So I left.

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

But he was like, oh, my God, really? That's impossible. So he never really kind of like took it seriously. Then one day I went to the club and a .22 fell out of my bag in front of him. And he saw it. And immediately I said, yo, I got to go because I don't know what he's going to do. He's going to call police. I don't know what he's going to do. So I left.

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

And I thought, you know, that'll be the end of life. 20 but the guy called me actually the next day or was two days later and says hey are we still playing which was weird because you know in my mind like i say he was a white guy he was an israeli guy and in my mind it's like if you're calling me to say are we still playing without mentioning what happened like

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

And I thought, you know, that'll be the end of life. 20 but the guy called me actually the next day or was two days later and says hey are we still playing which was weird because you know in my mind like i say he was a white guy he was an israeli guy and in my mind it's like if you're calling me to say are we still playing without mentioning what happened like

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

And I thought, you know, that'll be the end of life. 20 but the guy called me actually the next day or was two days later and says hey are we still playing which was weird because you know in my mind like i say he was a white guy he was an israeli guy and in my mind it's like if you're calling me to say are we still playing without mentioning what happened like

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

You know, like what's really going on, right? But I needed that $20. So, you know, I went and I met with him. And then he says, hey, I want to invite you to meet my family, which is also weird. I mean, you don't invite the guy who just dropped the gun in front of you to your house. And he had an apartment in New York. He had a house upstate near Hunter.

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

You know, like what's really going on, right? But I needed that $20. So, you know, I went and I met with him. And then he says, hey, I want to invite you to meet my family, which is also weird. I mean, you don't invite the guy who just dropped the gun in front of you to your house. And he had an apartment in New York. He had a house upstate near Hunter.

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

You know, like what's really going on, right? But I needed that $20. So, you know, I went and I met with him. And then he says, hey, I want to invite you to meet my family, which is also weird. I mean, you don't invite the guy who just dropped the gun in front of you to your house. And he had an apartment in New York. He had a house upstate near Hunter.