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Lou Gehrig
3 quotes
“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 (1903–1941) said by 1941 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Fans, for the past two weeks you have been reading about a bad break I got. Yet today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth. I have been in ballparks for 17 years, and I 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 (1903–1941) first seen 1939 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech made on Lou Gehrig Appreciation Day at Yankee at Yankee Stadium (July 4, 1939)
“So I close in saying that I might have been given a bad break, but I've got an awful lot to live for.”
Lou Gehrig (1903–1941) first seen 1939 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech made on Lou Gehrig Appreciation Day at Yankee at Yankee Stadium (July 4, 1939)