33 Quotes by Lou Gehrig

I might have had a tough break, but I have an awful lot to live for.

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.

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 wonderful mother-in-law who takes sides with you in squabbles with her own daughter - that's something.

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.

There is no room in baseball for discrimination. It is our national pastime and a game for all.

The ballplayer who loses his head, who can't keep his cool, is worse than no ballplayer at all.

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.

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.