Catchin' up with Jorvorskie Lane ahead of his graduation from A&M

This weekend, Texas A&M University is holding commencement ceremonies, and former Aggie running back Jorvorskie Lane is receiving his degree on Friday. J-Train joined TexAgs Live to speak on why graduating was important to him as he heads to Reed Arena.

Key notes from Jorvorskie Lane interview

• Driving to Reed Arena for graduation, it's one of those deals where it feels like I'm driving to Kyle Field to get ready to get it on.
   
• It's just one of those things my grandparents instilled in me. I watched my grandma work two jobs. It just instilled in me to finish what I started and not give up. I implemented that in my life, and it pays off.
   
• Well, you know what, it's both doing this for myself and my grandparents, and for trying this phase of life. Absolutely, I have to do it in the aspect of the business world. I've learned to apply what I've learned on the field and put it in my life. So, if I can sacrifice and go hard for a sport, why not put it into my life and my career? That's why I made my life right now.
   
• You have to set the example because my son is an athlete himself, and it's going to come to a point where he's not going to be an athlete anymore either. So, I have to set that example for him because you never know what's going to happen in the life of an athlete, so you have to have something to fall back on.
   
• The challenges after football were just one of those deals, where you've been doing something all of your life. You've been doing this since the age of eight or nine years old until your mid-30s, and at the end of the day, all you know is the sport. So when it comes to the end, and it gets to that point where you're trying to figure out what's next. Once you get out there, trying to figure out what's next, and the world isn't the world that you've been accustomed to. The teamwork, the chemistry, and all of the team building you've done, you get to that point where you understand the world isn't like that.
   
• Being an athlete, you have to come together real fast. The way we do things is different, and how we come together is different, how we train is different, how we eat is different, how we do everything is different, and then once it's over with... You get into the world, and 98 percent of the people around you don't understand who you are. The transition from a sport to the world is hard if you don't have the right pieces together.
   
• A lot of people helped make this possible. I would say at the end of it, it was a buddy of mine, it was his support system. It was my girlfriend's support system. It was my coaches' support system. At the end of the day, I just had to make a choice. Angelina College and its staff, and Texas A&M and its staff, too. So it was a big collective. It was teamwork, a camaraderie thing at the end of the day. Everybody wanted me to finish, so I just really had to make up my mind to finish.
   
• It's pretty cool that Reggie McNeal is graduating, as well. Like I said, A&M has done a great job of giving us the resources to come back. They made the transition of coming back so easy. It's a big deal to watch. Of course, I looked up to McNeal when I was growing up, so the fact that we are graduating on the same day, and we can represent our hometown of Lufkin in a good positive way, with the kids coming from where we come from and giving these kids something to look forward to.
   
• That's the love of it. That's the determination that drives you to a whole different place because they want you to finish. I understand it now, because the transition they made it extremely easy for me to come back and finish, so that's the love that I get for being an Aggie.
   
• Well, for Mike Elko and the team, I kind of expected last year to be last year, but I look at the game through a different lens, so I get to see what he's doing. I've met him. I've talked to him, and I like what he's doing. I just hope that we give him time to do what he needs to do to bring the championship to Aggieland.