Lou Gehrig is the full name of Henry Louis Gehrig, an American professional baseball first baseman. From 1923 through 1939, he was a member of the New York Yankees in Major League Baseball (MLB). He was well known for his power as a batter and his stamina. Lou Gehrig was inducted to the Baseball Hall of Fame after being named an All-Star seven times in a row.
He has also won the Triple Crown once and the American League (AL) Most Valuable Player twice. He also played on six World Series-winning teams. For his supporters, he was and always will be the finest. So, choose your favorite from the top ten Lou Gehrig Quotes listed below.
- “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
- “I might have had a tough break, but I have an awful lot to live for.”― Lou Gehrig
- “There is no room in baseball for discrimination. It is our national pastime and a game for all.”― 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
- “When you have a wonderful mother-in-law who takes sides with you in squabbles with her own daughter – that’s something.”― Lou Gehrig
- “The ballplayer who loses his head, who can’t keep his cool, is worse than no ballplayer at all.”― 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
- “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
- “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
