Most of the time I played by myself. Even then I was a loner, and I have stayed a loner all my life. [I]t can make a man seem a little distant or even aloof -- but it has helped pull me through some tight spots and hard times.
Source: Standing Fast, 1982.
-- Roy Wilkins, (Aug 30 1901-1981), US social reformer, civil rights leader; He served as the executive director (1955-77) of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).