Sean Porter looks back at 2012 season, talks training for NFL

Key quotes from Sean Porter interview:

"I feel like everything so far has gone well for me... the Combine and Pro-Day. I feel like I did a good job with it."

"Combine one of the doctor's was a little too rough on my knee, but it's the Combine so you only get one shot with it."

"I felt like I had a new role in the 3-4... I learned a lot more and become more versatile."

"What I'm getting from teams is that they like what I did my junior year."

"That's just a testament to our senior class... I think these guys are ready to win a national championship in the next couple of years."

"We whooped Oklahoma, but it was bitter sweet knowing it was my last game. I ended my college career on a great moment. Its hard to take that jersey off for the last time. I have had a lot of great memories at Texas A&M... both on and off the field."

"That sack [against OU] was kind of important to me.... considering how my senior year kind of went."

"[As a senior] I didn't get to pass rush a lot... you guys know that I like to pass rush... I didn't get to the quarterback as much... so it felt good to get that last final sac in Jerry World."

"This year we felt like we could beat anybody they put out there... we came out there with that attitude. We weren't scared of anybody... everyone got the same treatment."

"Sumlin brings a different kind of coaching to A&M than we have ever had before...it wasn't going to be a normal season this year."

"The intensity of our team changed... everything on our team changed with Coach Sumlin came in for the better."

"[After Florida] I was irate... I was mad because I knew that the potential of our team was way better. From the jump, I knew that potential. That game shouldn't have even been close... I was upset about it and I think it showed in my post game press conference."

"I had the opportunity to leave [for the NFL] last year... but I loved A&m too much to leave."

"From the beginning I knew that [the coaches] were great coaches and that we would be able to do good things."

"Coach Snyder has a bread and butter defense... it is not super complicated... but all the little things that he knows that other people don't is what made it successful... he is a great coordinator.... he's a really good teacher. He knows how to the get the point across to you without being abrasive."

"Coach Jackson came in and on the first day he killed us... he made it known how things were going to be."

"[Jackson's] program is all about urgency and getting things down fast. It's about working the muscles that got tired first."

"[Jackson] did things to make sure that [our second half collapses] didn't happen again."

"There weren't a lot of handshakes after the [Alabama] game. Saban was ready to get them in the locker room....Alabama was shocked. I remember a lot of things about that game. I made the first tackle of that game and it felt good. I knew then we could play with those guys."

"When it was 20-0, we thought it was over... It felt good. We felt they couldn't score on us. We were shutting them down. We didn't think they could score a point... but they are Alabama. Honestly, they started coming back because we blew two coverages... but we came back, had a little Johnny magic and Deshazor finished it out. We played a complete game against Alabama."

"[On excitement after Alabama] We had a lot of road games... we won the game, we celebrated in the locker room then we got on the plane and were so tired that we passed out. The celebration back at the home was incredible though... it hadn't been like that since we beat Tech back in the day."

"It felt great [for Johnny to win the Heisman]... Johnny's my guy. We have always been close.. it's been fun to watch him grow and watch him be excited about this... we all knew how good he was. It is great to watch the phenomenon grow around him. It was really exciting for us to watch and it's really good for our school."

"People make a big deal about him going [to professional games and parties]... but he's always been doing this... it's not a big deal. We are in college. We're students and we're in college. We're going to do the same thing that other college football players are doing...I don't think people should make a big deal about it."

"Training in South Florida was interesting. The guys that come there aren't guy from Texas. It was fun getting to know those guys..."

"Our trainer conditioned us for the combine... it was pretty extensive. It was worth it and it helped me a lot."

"Johnny is headed to greatness. As a quarterback, he is throwing passes that other guys can't make."

"All through 2-a-days, it's hard to get to [Johnny]... during the bowl practices, we went at it. We challenged the offense... I was getting frustrated because we couldn't get to Johnny. I chased him in circles and I'd like to think I am a pretty fast linebacker. I can't catch him so I don't know who can."

"One guy that really sticks out to me is Tre Carson...he played [Eddie Lacy's] role before Alabama... he helped us win that game. Most people don't know that he is a huge reason that we won."

"We [the seniors] had the will to win this year... "

"The future of Aggie football is very bright. We very good coaches... we have really good recruiting classes. If they keeping doing what they're doing, they can win a national championship in the next couple of years."