Following his recent hip surgery, Nick Saban had a rare opportunity to sit back and have a few hours to himself. What was his main takeaway from his time alone in his house?

This ain’t for me.

We all know by now that Saban showed up at work the next day, as Alabama was eager to show off on social media, but the reality of that situation is pretty clear — the Crimson Tide coach doesn’t enjoy not attacking a goal each and every day of his life.

While in Destin for the 2019 SEC spring meetings, Saban joined “The Paul Finebaum Show” on Tuesday. Among the wide range of topics discussed between Saban and Finebaum was the thought process the Alabama coach had immediately following his hip surgery. Did he take a moment to reflect on his previous accomplishments?

“No. I got home at 9 o’clock in the morning and at 3 o’clock in the afternoon, Miss Terry picked up the dogs at the lake so I was in the yard walking around,” Saban said on the show. “What I was able to figure out was I don’t want to do this. I don’t want to sit at home and do nothing.

“That’s what I was able to figure out. I just been really busy and committed to doing something to affect other people for a long, long time; been in a leadership position and love it and just found out I’m not very good at not doing anything.”

So you’ve discovered you are no closer to the end (of your coaching career), Finebaum asked the coach?

“Want no part of it. I was happy to get back to work the next day,” Saban responded.

While Saban’s impressive recovery time was incredible, his rivals are still going to use his age against him when they have nothing else to sell a recruit on. The Alabama coach hopes he did everything he could to dispell that notion.

“I really feel great, I want to do what I’m doing as long as I can do a good job at it for the University of Alabama. I think I owe them that much,” he continued. “We are the window that a lot of people look at our university so to do it the right way is really important to me and a lot of other people. As long as I feel well enough to do that, I’m going to continue to do that.”

The rest of the SEC can dream but Saban appears poised to remain on the sidelines in Tuscaloosa for a long time.