Father of three, Andy Wright, stepped away from tennis for six years after being diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.A chance meeting with Tristan Hessing led to a community tennis project. Now, Andy is back playing.We talk friendship, kindness, and how playing sport can have unexpected consequences.“[You have to] find a way to manage and cope and move forward.“I hope that's what I've done. I hope I can do it again.”Find more episodes and ways to subscribe at OlympicChannel.com/Podcast

Father of three, Andy Wright, stepped away from tennis for six years after being diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. A chance meeting with Tristan Hessing led to a community tennis project. Now, Andy is back playing. We talk friendship, kindness, and how playing sport can have unexpected consequences. “[You have to] find a way to manage and cope and move forward. “I hope that's what I've done. I hope I can do it again.” Find more episodes and ways to subscribe at OlympicChannel.com/Podcast

Parkinson's disease, tennis, and why being kind is important with Andy Wright and Tristan Hessing

At&nbsp;<a href="http://olympics.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Olympics.com</a>,&nbsp;we tell Olympic stories year-round. Come along with us for in-depth interviews with the inspiring individuals who capture the world's imagination every two years as they go faster, higher, stronger - together. Host Nick McCarvel is joined regularly by one-of-a-kind guests - including athletes themselves, coaches, sporting legends - as well as Olympics.com producers and contributors - and more. Catch new episodes on Wednesdays every other week.

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At Olympics.com, we tell Olympic stories year-round. Come along with us for in-depth interviews with the inspiring individuals who capture the world's imagination every two years as they go faster, higher, stronger - together. Host Nick McCarvel is joined regularly by one-of-a-kind guests - including athletes themselves, coaches, sporting legends - as well as Olympics.com producers and contributors - and more. Catch new episodes on Wednesdays every other week.

At&nbsp;<a href="http://olympics.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Olympics.com</a>,&nbsp;we tell Olympic stories year-round. Come along with us for in-depth interviews with the inspiring individuals who capture the world's imagination every two years as they go faster, higher, stronger - together. Host Nick McCarvel is joined regularly by one-of-a-kind guests - including athletes themselves, coaches, sporting legends - as well as Olympics.com producers and contributors - and more. Catch new episodes on Wednesdays every other week.

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