Mark Ingram II

“D.C. United are a club rich with tradition and ripe with promise.”

“If you're not playing this game to be a champion, if you're not playing this game to be the best, if you're not playing this game to win, then you're in the wrong business.”

“I was picked 28, my dad was picked 28. He wore 82 when he played in the pros.”

“Who Dat Nation is a special, special fan base.”

“Anything that you dream for, anything that you wish for, it's not gonna be easy. You have to be patient, you have to continue to push through obstacles and adversity.”

“The agent process is just wanting to find someone that's going to do a good job for you and that you can trust. It's just gonna maximize your ability and maximize your strengths. So it's a tough process but everybody's gotta find the right guy for them.”

“My first experience was when I played when I was really young, like elementary school. I was a striker, right wing, I was scoring the goals. I was right or left depending on how we rotated and I was scoring the goals. My mom said one day I said it was too hot, the sun was beating on my head, and I didn't want to play soccer anymore.”

“My ultimate dream is to simply be the best person I can be.”

“When you think of the troops, you might think of the battles and the frontline guys, but there's so much more to it. Such a sense of team effort... to make the whole operation go.”

“I wouldn't be the man today, where I am, without my father, so I love my father, that's my guy.”

“Anytime you can just get into a rhythm it feels good... Any player would say that.”

“Coach Saban and his staff are the best in the business at leading and inspiring players to reach a level of excellence in big games.”

“I've always wanted to run for 1,000 ever since I got into the league, and it took six years.”

“My dad was tough on me growing up so I got a strong mind, strong spirit. So my mom and my dad did a good job of bringing me up and preparing me for different things in life and showing me not just football but life. That's why I handled everything so well it's because of them.”

“I would stop playing football if I didn't love it.”

“I think athletes in general, your days are numbered. Any time you can kind of learn and grow from an entrepreneurship standpoint and ownership standpoint, that's huge.”

“Football is a lifestyle. It's not just the, you know, this is not just something you watch on Saturday or Sunday. It's a culture, it's a lifestyle, it's like in your blood.”

“I'm just so excited to bring Alabama their first Heisman winner.”

“The goal is to get better each day, to always find a way to improve something, to never be content.”

“All my friends that I grew up with are successful, because we pushed each other, we inspired each other and we loved each other hard.”