Lou Gehrig,
Farewell to Baseball
(1939)
“ 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.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,
Farewell to Baseball
(1939)
“ Fans, for the past two weeks you have been reading about the bad break I got. Yet today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth.I have been in ballparks for seventeen years and have never received anything but kindness and encouragement from you fans. Look at these grand men. Which of you wouldn’t consider it the highlight of his career just to associate with them for even one day? ”
Lou Gehrig,
Farewell to Baseball
(1939)
“ When the New York Giants, a team you would give your right arm to beat, and vice versa, sends you a gift - that’s something. When everybody down to the groundskeepers and those boys in white coats remember you with trophies — that’s something. ”
