Adam Lane is a promising young running back for the Florida Gators.

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Although he only played in three games his freshman year, Lane is expected to take on a much bigger role in first-year head coach Jim McElwain's offense this season. He will help spearhead a ground attack for a team that has yet to choose a starting quarterback for 2015.

Lane had his best performance of his young NCAA career in the Gators' January postseason appearance at the Birmingham Bowl. Lane ran over East Carolina for 109 yards and a touchdown on 16 carries. He also pooped his pants on national television.

You read that last part correctly.

If you don't remember the moment, that's why YouTube exists.

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That moment must have been pretty mortifying for Lane, right? He must be regretting that incident until the day he dies, no? Wrong.

According to Lane, it's actually the best thing that ever happened to him. Check out his remarks to a writer for The Alligator, the University of Florida's student newspaper:

If only we all had as bright an outlook and as thick a skin as Lane, the world would be a much cooler place.