Lou Gehrig
Lou Gehrig
Henry Louis "Lou" or "Buster" Gehrigwas an American baseball first baseman who played 17 seasons in Major League Baseballfor the New York Yankees, from 1923 through 1939. Gehrig was renowned for his prowess as a hitter and for his durability, a trait that earned him his nickname "The Iron Horse". He was an All-Star seven consecutive times, a Triple Crown winner once, an American LeagueMost Valuable Player twice, and a member of six World Series champion teams. He had a...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth19 June 1903
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
The agriculture lobby is very strong in the state of Wyoming. So I don't know if we're going to be successful or not, but we're going to give her a go.
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.
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.
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.
I worked real hard to learn to play first. 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 real bad one maybe once a month. At the end, I was trying to keep it down to one a season.
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.
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.
The ballplayer who loses his head, who can't keep his cool, is worse than no ballplayer at all.
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.
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.
When you have a wonderful mother-in-law who takes sides with you in squabbles with her own daughter - that's something.
We were mighty short of infielders in those days
It's a pretty big shadow. It gives me lots of room to spread myself.
You don t get the breaks unless you play with the team instead of against it.