Lou Gehrig Quotes & Sayings
Enjoy the top 16 famous quotes, sayings and quotations by Lou Gehrig.
Famous Quotes By Lou Gehrig
When you have a wife who has been a tower of strength and shown more courage than you dreamed existed - that's the finest I know. — Lou Gehrig
The enjoyment of a cigar after a hard week gives me a feeling of well-being and relaxation that a Valium could not match. While there may be a more ideal form of stress reduction, I haven't yet discovered anything else as effective and easy. — Lou Gehrig
What are you going to do? Admit to yourself that the pitchers have you on the point of surrender? You can't do that. You must make yourself think that the pitchers are just as good as they always have been or just as bad. — Lou Gehrig
The Babe is one fellow, and I'm another and I could never be exactly like him. I don't try, I just go on as I am in my own right. — Lou Gehrig
There is no room in baseball for discrimination. It is our national pastime and a game for all. — Lou Gehrig
You don t get the breaks unless you play with the team instead of against it. — Lou Gehrig
In the beginning I used to make one terrible play a game. Then I got so I'd make one a week and finally I'd pull a bad one about once a month. Now, I'm trying to keep it down to one a season. — Lou Gehrig
The ballplayer who loses his head, who can't keep his cool, is worse than no ballplayer at all. — Lou Gehrig
I love to win; but I love to lose almost as much. I love the thrill of victory, and I also love the challenge of defeat. — Lou Gehrig
It's a pretty big shadow. It gives me lots of room to spread myself. — Lou Gehrig
I'm not a headline guy. I know that as long as I was following Ruth to the plate I could have stood on my head and no one would have known the difference. — Lou Gehrig
When you have a father and a mother who work all their lives so you can have an education and build your body - it's a blessing. — Lou Gehrig
You have to get knocked down to realize how people really feel about you. I've realized that more than ever lately. The other day, I was on my way to the car. It was hailing, the streets were slippery and I was having a tough time of it. I came to a corner and started to slip. But before I could fall, four people jumped out of nowhere to help me. When I thanked them, they all said they knew about my illness and had been keeping an eye on me. — Lou Gehrig
When you have a wonderful mother-in-law who takes sides with you in squabbles with her own daughter - that's something. — Lou Gehrig