Top 30 Booger McFarland Quotes

When you criticize grown men, it’s a lot easier. They make millions of dollars. They should be able to handle it, especially if you do it in a truthful manner… I’m sure it stings, but my whole objective is to be honest.

I like a guy with a little edge. I mean, I played with Warren Sapp.

I watch all sports in some shape or form. When you grow up in a small town, sports becomes a form of you.

As far as I’m concerned, there’s only one Booger.

Playing defense, it was a tough job, but it was pretty simple: When the ball came off, get in the backfield and create havoc and find the ball carrier.

When I talk about football from a studio standpoint, I try to cut through the minutia and get to the point.

When you treat people the right way, it’s amazing the avenues that open up for you.

There are things to learn from people who have already done what you’re trying to do.

I’m a little old-school.

I follow Texas A&M very closely, having worked with the SEC Network.

If you want to go to a school with lower requirements, it doesn’t diminish the education.

I’ve always been this way. What you see is what you get.

My family can tell you I’m not really a guy that likes roller coasters. I don’t like going on Ferris wheels. I’ve got a six-feet rule; I like my feet no more than five, six feet from the ground at all times.

I’m a small-town kid from Winnsboro, La., who grew up not really being comfortable talking to people.

Offense is about rhythm and timing, and you’re not going to always have that every game.

Our idea of fun wasn’t going to Disney World. It was, you want to play basketball, go outside, and make a goal. You want to play baseball? Take the old broom, take the handle off, take a tennis ball that we found somewhere, and go play baseball. We were forced to create things.

I never said I want to be the football guy. But when that opportunity started to become real, I said, ‘Okay, let’s see where this goes.’

People who know me, the guys who have been around me every day, this is the way I’ve been… I’ve never been a guy who just needed a lot of attention. Some people do.

These diva wide receivers want to go to the bathroom. As a defensive lineman, we didn’t go to the bathroom.

I think the NFL needs a more stringent policy when it comes to domestic violence. Make the punishment work.

I was a bad kid, getting into a lot of wild stuff.

In my opinion, a lot of NFL broadcasts are not fun to watch.

I think Jalen Hurts is consistent enough.

You watch guys talk about football, and you think that maybe it’s really easy, and it’s really not. Yeah, we’ve got the expertise because we played, but how you put that into a 30-, 45-second take and educate and entertain someone that’s watching?

Quarterbacks will make plays; they always do. But I think the team that runs the ball the best will win.

I’ve always lived by a quote, ‘Your talent will make room for you.’ Whatever it is in life. I don’t care who you are. If you get an opportunity, your talent will make room for you.

Like a good play-caller, a good TV guy, if you get going on a good conversation, you can ad-lib a little bit. You keep it going. Just like in a game, if you call a couple plays and they’re working, you come back to them.

I do have a fear of heights.

You can be a great defensive player, and if you don’t put up splash statistics, then you’re not going to get noticed.

I just know that if you put my film on with anybody else’s in the league, it’ll measure up.