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"JB" James Brown on one of the most important lessons he learned from being cut by the Atlanta Hawks ~\n\n". . .when I looked back on it, there's a verse in the Bible that says, "Why be concerned about the speck in your brother's eye when there's a plank in your own eye?" And if you point a finger and blame at somebody, there are three pointing right back at you. It was on me. I didn't work as hard as them, and I vowed in the game of life I would never let an opportunity pass me by, that I didn't work hard to capitalize on the opportunity."\n\n"JB" James Brown (right) Sportscaster and Special Correspondent with Andy Ockershausen (left)\n\nA Ockershausen: This is Andy Ockershausen. This is Our Town and I have a distinct pleasure to introduce our next guest. My wife feels that he is tall, dark and handsome. We know about the dark. And he is talented and he is homegrown right here in Our Town. There are certain people in this world that I grew up with and you could say their name like Sonny, like Tiger. You know who they're talking about. Frank, the Singer and then there's JB. There's only one JB in my life and I've been around a long time.\nJB graduated from Harvard. I want to find out how he get in Harvard. You worked at Xerox. I didn't know you work for Eastman Kodak, a two great American corporation. He got his start in broadcasting right here in Washington D.C. Bullets. He had the best job at sports hosting NFL Today, Thursday Night Football, NFL Pre-game, this network CBS and Fox. He was a standout on the basketball court as well as on the TV set and that's a great line. My friend, James Brown.\n"JB" James Brown: Andy.\nA Ockershausen: JB.\n"JB" James Brown: Since your wife has accurately described me as being dark as well, too dark to blush as I listened to all of that, but-\nA Ockershausen: But you're handsome, JB especially the beard.\n"JB" James Brown: Oh, please. Are you kidding me? Hey, my grand kids must have told you to say that. So right ... And I've got four of them now, but I will get to that point.\nA Ockershausen: Wow.\n"JB" James Brown: Yes.\nA Ockershausen: But your family is from Washington.\n"JB" James Brown: Native Washingtonians.\nA Ockershausen: Your Mom and Dad were born here. They grew up here?\nThe Early Years - Education and Sports\n"JB" James Brown: Dad grew up in Georgetown.\nA Ockershausen: Wow.\n"JB" James Brown: Was very good, knew Petey Greene. Of course we know that venerable name in Washington Circles. So Petey Greene was the one who actually got me involved in television.\nA Ockershausen: Is that right?\n"JB" James Brown: And I'll get to that. Mom actually was born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi and went to Chicago and then came to Washington were she and my dad met. Hey, Andy, talk about dusting off cobwebs, I looked at my birth certificate which of course had me described back in the day as they did "Colored" and I was born at Gallagher Hospital and didn't even know-\nA Ockershausen: Gallinger.\n"JB" James Brown: Gallinger. Thank you. Thank you very much. Gallinger. Was that the forerunner to the Women's Hospital?\nA Ockershausen: D.C. Jail. You know where the jail is? Gallinger was over there.\n"JB" James Brown: I'm sorry I asked you about that. I'm sorry I asked you about that.\n Janice Ockershausen: That's his neighborhood.\nA Ockershausen: JB, Eastern High School and the D.C. Jail and Gallinger all together.\n"JB" James Brown: Somehow I know I can't ask to this part of the conversation to be cut out but . . .\n Janice Ockershausen: JB, that was Andy's neighborhood.