Justice Clarence Thomas, Dreaming of an 18 Wheeler

Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas dreams of driving an 18 wheeler. Here is what he said in a recent interview with Rush Limbaugh:

RUSH: What would you do if you weren't a judge? Other than being a judge, what would you like to do?

JUSTICE THOMAS: (laughing) Oh, goodness. My wife always sort of has problems when I answer questions like that, because what I'd like to do is a little bit different --

RUSH: Well, is she there?

JUSTICE THOMAS: No, she's not.

RUSH: Well, then go ahead and answer it!

JUSTICE THOMAS: (laughing) I would like to run a small- or medium-size business in a small community. That would be sort of the more top-end of the options. I'd like to be a coach. I would love to know enough football or basketball to coach teams, and my one dream job was to be a truck driver. I still have that in my system. I love being around tractor-trailers, 18-wheelers. I love working on large vehicles, driving them. Maybe that goes back to delivering fuel oil and working on the farm. But I love being around people who work with their hands, who do the hard things to keep our country going. They're just my kind of people.

Source

To learn about a thoughtful, tough, compassionate and courageous man read Justice Thomas' biography My Grandfather's Son: A Memoir.