Stage Dive
Stage Dive
Jack Dawkins
Wally Green - From Poverty to Ping Pong
1 hour 10 minutes Posted Mar 22, 2023 at 7:30 pm.
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: What are some of the things you have learned about yourself or the art of podcasting after doing over 200 in the last 15 months?
: What was the process like of you deciding that you wanted to start sharing your story?
: It sounds like the way your brain works is you find something and you get locked into it. Where does that come from?
: How do you get through the tougher moments in life?
: As you were going through the change of a negative environment into a positive mindset, how did your life change?
: How’d you get into pingpong?
: What does performing in the context of pingpong look like?
: What are you really excited about for the future?
: If you could go back in time to the angry, violent version of yourself, what would you tell him?
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This week, Jack Dawkins is joined by Wally Green, a keynote speaker and ping pong playing champ! Wally shares the story of the violence he faced and how he turned to sports to overcome his own violence. His mindset along with his performance during ping pong helped set him apart from the rest.
ABOUT WALLY GREEN
Wally Green, celebrity pro athlete from Brooklyn, overcame poverty and violence to become a world-class athlete. He represented the US in international competitions, including a historic trip to North Korea, and co-founded a premier social Ping Pong club in New York. Wally's determination, spirit, and perseverance makes him a true inspiration and a role model for anyone facing adversity. He proves that with hard work, dedication, and a positive attitude, anything is possible.
Instagram @wallygreennyc
Tiktok @wallygreennycofficial
ABOUT JACK DAWKINS
Jack Dawkins is a storyteller, a rapper, and a poet. He also cooks good food and runs really far.  His use of the English language has been compared to Michael Phelps’ performance on Saturday Night Live: Wildly entertaining for none of the reasons you would expect. He is, at his core, and in his music, deeply human, and a lover of excessive comma use.   Most importantly, he loves you.
www.jackdawkinsraps.com/linktree
Music: https://open.spotify.com/track/5TMLeqJiL2WMPoAcWKhGZz?si=4e6748ab641b46bc
SHOW NOTES
Everything I do, I do with intention. I don’t do things that I don’t want to do and I don’t do things just to do them for no reason.