A biography for Mark Ingram IIhasn’t been written yet.
“If you fumble, you can't play. I know that, man - ever since pee wee. If you're fumbling, you're not going to play.”
“I feel like the Ravens, they wanted me, and I wanted to be here, and it just worked out.”
“I've learned from Coach Saban that it's not enough to be good at what you do.”
“Splitting time, splitting backfields has been a blessing. But it's also been frustrating at times because I felt like on several occasions or had I had the opportunity to be a feature guy, a bell cow, knowing I wake up Sunday knowing I'm going to get 20 touches, I think that's a little different.”
“The good thing about my father was that he always told me, 'You don't have to worry about living up to me, living up to my expectations.' My dad was just dad to me.”
“I want to do everything. I want to be involved in the pass game, run game, picking up pass pro.”
“In order to perform at your optimal level - to be alert, to be aware - you want to be hydrated.”
“I've spent quite a bit of time in the DMV as a professional athlete as well as had the fortune of attending D.C. United matches and the passion of the sporting community and fanbase here is second to none.”
“I haven't caught a lot of passes in the NFL. But in high school I played receiver.”
“There's always a high standard, a baseline, when you play football at Alabama. But anyone who has played for the Crimson Tide will tell you that, as both a player and as a team each year, you want to leave your own stamp on the history of this program, your own unique legacy.”
“You can't live in the past. You keep moving forward.”
“You should stay hydrated throughout the day, through the night, while you're working out - no matter what you do. If you're just, you know, somebody who likes to be active outside, riding a bike or walking, whatever it may be, you have to listen to your body.”
“When I was growing up, I didn't have too many people I looked up to that played soccer.”
“Obviously, any deficiencies you had, you want to make those strengths.”
“Health is everything in my career and if you take care of your body, it takes care of you.”
“When you talk about running backs who had long, prestigious careers, I want to be in that discussion. I want to be talked about that way.”
“I'm not too much of a flashy guy, just put my head down and bring my lunch pail to work every day, just grind, and I just try to be humble and be a team guy.”
“I know I'm an all-purpose back, a complete back, I can do everything.”
“My time at Alabama has meant the world to me. The friendships and family I've made here will be with me always, but the lessons I've learned here have helped me more than I can say.”
“I feel like when you get a little bit older in your career, you know exactly what you need to get ready. You know exactly what your body needs to prepare for a season.”