Top 27 Most Famous Lou Gehrig Quotes (BASEBALL)

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Top 10 Most Famous Lou Gehrig Quotes (BEST)

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

You have to give 100 percent in the first half of the game. If that isn't enough, in the second half, you have to give what's left. — You have to give 100 percent in the first half of the game. If that isn’t enough, in the second half, you have to give what’s left.

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

I learned that good judgment comes from experience and that experience grows out of mistakes.

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. — 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.

I don't know what the future holds, but I do know that I'm going to be positive and not wake up feeling desperate. — I don’t know what the future holds, but I do know that I’m going to be positive and not wake up feeling desperate.

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 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 such thing as a bad day when you're at the ballpark. — There is no such thing as a bad day when you’re at the ballpark.

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

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 father and a mother who work all their lives so you can have an **education** and build your body – it’s a **blessing**.

7 Lou Gehrig Quotes About Playing Baseball

“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

The only real game, I think, in the world is baseball.

I am a slave to baseball and only because I really love the game, hate to think of taking even one day away when we are playing.

I am going through a period of readjustment. It means working hard, listening, watching, keeping up courage, and rebuilding legs and determination. — I am going through a period of readjustment. It means **working hard**, **listening**, watching, keeping up **courage**, and rebuilding legs and **determination**.

“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

I have always been a team man, and I never had lost sight of the welfare of the Yankees, and the debt I owe to baseball, and to the fans. — I have always been a team man, and I never had lost sight of the welfare of the Yankees, and the **debt** I owe to baseball, and to the fans.

I am out, but not down. I believe I will be back in the lineup in three weeks. I am doing a lot of running and getting myself into shape. — I am out, but not down. I **believe** I will be back in the lineup in three weeks. I am doing a lot of **running** and getting myself into shape.

6 Inspirational Lou Gehrig Quotes About Life

“I just can’t understand. I am not sick. The stomach complaint which was revealed last year in three separate examinations I underwent has been cleared up by observance of a strict diet. My eye is sharp, yet I was not swinging as of old. I reduced the weight of my bat from 36 to 33 ounces, thinking a change might work to my advantage, but it didn’t. I went back to the 36 and it was the same.”
Lou Gehrig