Gary “King Pokemon” talks about his upbringing in Hollywood and shares the moment that got him hooked on the hobby of collecting. Gary shares how each of his battles with cancer took him down a different path that ultimately worked in his favor. Gary talks about how he found Pokemon during his recovery, a hobby that allowed him to fulfill his passion for collecting and also connect with his young sons. Gary has been featured on Pawn Stars and is well known for his $10 million + Pokemon card collection. This episode is a great look at passion, optimism and the desire to help others.  

Highlighted Quote

“Hope and Fear”

I've always believed that… especially when you love something or somebody so much you have to experience fear, unless you have a lot of faith. If you love your kids you don't want them to get hurt, or if you love your wife, you don't want her to get hurt or you don't want her to leave, You don't want her to die… you love so much that you're afraid. And the only way to get rid of that fear is to trust in something else that something else is going to take care that those things aren't going to happen or if they do they're simply planned. 

Resources/Mentions:

People 

• Logan Paul
• Steve Aoki
• Thuận - Autism Instruct
• PokemonPrince

Videos

• Pawn Stars - Charizard Collection 
• Logan Paul's $150k Offer

Events

• Pokecon Texas

Organizations 

• Aoki Foundation
• PSA (Grading)
• Beckett (Grading)

 

Guest Links

• Instagram 
• Aoki Foundation / Pokemon

Podcast Links:

• Instagram: @Hopestrategy 
• Facebook: @hopestrategy 
• Twitter: @thehopestrategy
• Youtube The Hope Strategy