Ep 16: The Man of Many Hats, Josh Sharpe

“My default is I neglect my family. That's the first thing to go.”

“I've been telling myself that I'm going to be 6'6 and be able to dunk a basketball, and eventually it will happen. Yeah, at least yours is achievable. Mine's not really remotely achievable.”

“The pinball player base is one of the most awesome groups of people that are willing to put in the time and effort to keep a location's games running.”

“If you want a place to play, let's work together... pinball has going for it that even raw thrills games don't is there's a the stern's tagline is is is it's new money coming into an establishment.”

“The industry won't survive beyond the people that found pinball in the 90s and have discretionary income now to become home collectors outside of their kids. It's dead.”

“It's the high of of trying to do something and accomplish something on that play field when you you know limited to the three balls that you have the three bullets you have in the gun.”

“Pinball really can sell the fact that if you have a dedicated group of machines here that are kept in working condition, there's a community and through the IFPA, a chance to connect to that community to really draw people into your establishment.”