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26 quotes by Jim McKay

James Kenneth McManus (September 24, 1921 – June 7, 2008), better known by his professional name of Jim McKay, was an American television sports journalist. McKay is best known for hosting ABC's Wide World of Sports (1961–1998). His introduction for that program has passed into American pop culture. He is also known for television coverage of 12 Olympic Games, and is universally respected for his memorable reporting on the Munich massacre at the...
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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... →

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Of course the Munich tragedy was the biggest event in my career and the most terrible.

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I think there are some very evil things about gentrification.

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Toward the end of school I started watching movies. Got a job in a movie theater in Brookline, Massachusetts.

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When you make work, your goal might not be first and foremost to have as many people as possible see it, but it might be more about honing your craft... →

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Kids - in a really good way - can talk about their differences without the baggage that adults have.

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I like the way Wiseman builds a story in an unconventional way.

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Working on the film really made me confront my opinions about change and gentrification.

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On one hand, as a filmmaker, I don't want to make a movie with guns everywhere.

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There are a lot of people who like to think they don't have prejudices and that they're open people, and yet, we all have that in ourselves... →

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Dick Enberg is still around and still being as good as he ever was.

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How you define yourself is a major issue for young people and adults alike.

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I still haven't figured out how to have fun on a shoot.

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