33 Quotes by Lou Gehrig

You have to get knocked down to realize how people really feel about you. I've realized that more than ever lately. The other day, I was on my way to the car. It was hailing, the streets were slippery and I was having a tough time of it. I came to a corner and started to slip. But before I could fall, four people jumped out of nowhere to help me. When I thanked them, they all said they knew about my illness and had been keeping an eye on me.

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.

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

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.

When you have a wonderful mother-in-law who takes sides with you in squabbles with her own daughter – that’s something.