I think Bob Costas is terrific. He's so knowledgeable. He can talk about any subject, not just sports. Jim McKay More Quotes by Jim McKay More Quotes From Jim McKay ...the thrill of victory, and the agony of defeat Jim McKay I am playing with the assumptions that we have in our everyday life when we are tripped up or fooled and we learn something, that makes things exciting - I am having fun with that stuff, but you have to manage it so it doesn't get too cute, that's what I trying to work toward. Jim McKay i-am work cute life I think there are some very evil things about gentrification. Jim McKay some things think evil Kids - in a really good way - can talk about their differences without the baggage that adults have. Jim McKay talk good differences way Of course the Munich tragedy was the biggest event in my career and the most terrible. Jim McKay event career terrible tragedy This thing that Colin Powell's son is expected to do is kind of scary when you think that television and radio and newspapers are what make people think what they think. Jim McKay you people television son Working on the film really made me confront my opinions about change and gentrification. Jim McKay opinions me film change Right now the thing that I have learned the most is to be grateful that I have finally gotten to a point where I am being paid to make films, after eight years. Jim McKay i-am being i-have-learned grateful I studied secondary education. Jim McKay secondary studied education Toward the end of school I started watching movies. Got a job in a movie theater in Brookline, Massachusetts. Jim McKay movies end job school One day I had an idea for a movie. Everything came after that. Jim McKay after everything day one-day Initially, it was about kids at the bottom rung of the social ladder, due to their looks and their class background. But they're also outsiders in terms of their peer group. Jim McKay ladder group class looks Kids who have no money are still figuring out a way - somehow - to dress nicely. Jim McKay dress who money way So, when you see a kid with ratty jeans on, wearing sneakers that aren't clean, you know they're in a certain place economically. I was interested in that experience. Jim McKay place know you experience If you're a kid who's not necessarily attractive, and you don't have money, and you're not hip and cool, chances are you're not going to feel good about yourself and want to be an actor. Jim McKay good cool you money How you define yourself is a major issue for young people and adults alike. Jim McKay yourself you young people On one hand, as a filmmaker, I don't want to make a movie with guns everywhere. Jim McKay hand make guns want I like the way Wiseman builds a story in an unconventional way. Jim McKay story like unconventional way I still haven't figured out how to have fun on a shoot. Jim McKay shoot have-fun how fun I was the first voice of Baltimore television in 1947. Jim McKay first baltimore voice television