Wally Green: From Gang to Pro Table Tennis!

The James Altucher Show

James Altucher

Education, Business

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 22 July 2022

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Not everyone has the luxury of escaping their own childhood trauma, domestic violence, and being able to get out of a gang.Wally Green, pro athlete and co-founder of Spin NY, joined me on the podcast today to tell his origin story. How much abuse he had to endure from his stepfather, how was he betrayed by his own mother, how he was sent to Africa cause he was caught in possession of multiple guns, and how he managed to turn his life around!Listen to the episode and find out more!Visit Notepd.com to read more idea lists, or sign up and create your own idea list!My new book Skip The Line is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever you get your new book!Join You Should Run For President 2.0 Facebook Group, and we discuss why should run for president.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltucher.com/podcast.Thank you so much for listening! If you like this episode, please subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" and rate and review wherever you get your podcasts:Apple PodcastsStitcheriHeart RadioSpotifyFollow me on Social Media:YouTubeTwitterFacebook ------------What do YOU think of the show? Head to JamesAltucherShow.com/listeners and fill out a short survey that will help us better tailor the podcast to our audience!Are you interested in getting direct answers from James about your question on a podcast? Go to JamesAltucherShow.com/AskAltucher and send in your questions to be answered on the air!------------Visit Notepd.com to read our idea lists & sign up to create your own!My new book, Skip the Line, is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever books are sold!Join the You Should Run for President 2.0 Facebook Group, where we discuss why you should run for President.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltuchershow.com------------Thank you so much for listening! If you like this episode, please rate, review, and subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" wherever you get your podcasts: Apple PodcastsiHeart RadioSpotifyFollow me on social media:YouTubeTwitterFacebookLinkedIn See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	This isn't your average business podcast and he's not your average host.
0:06.8	This is the James Altiger show.
0:12.9	So while he breathed second time on the podcast, the last time was like 2017, the long time
0:18.8	ago.
0:19.8	Yeah, it was very, very long.
0:20.9	So you're a world level ping pong player.
0:26.2	One of the best in the US, you played in North Korea, you've had the most outrageous story
0:32.9	to get where you are.
0:34.5	And right now we're in Israel together because my daughter is playing in something called
0:40.8	the Macabeeha Games.
0:43.6	You've been her coach before that.
0:44.9	You gave lessons to me.
0:45.9	You've given it.
0:46.9	You're a co-founder of Spin, which has it's like a ping pong slash nightclub.
0:50.8	It's all across the US.
0:53.0	And everywhere we go, I see people talking to you.
0:57.5	Why is everybody talking to you here?
0:58.7	Like, literally, we're going downstairs in the hotel lobby.
1:01.5	People come up to you and ask for your autograph and they don't have no idea who you are.
1:05.2	On the one hand, I think, and this is no slight against Israel, of course, but I do think
1:10.2	you might be the only black person in all of the country.
1:13.6	A few that I've seen.
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