Gehrig Quotes

Yankee Stadium, and the Yankees are so famous for Mickey Mantle, Joe DiMaggio, Lou Gehrig, all of those guys. - Bert Campaneris

When you think about Babe [Ruth] and [Lou] Gehrig and some of our legends and icons of this great game, we don't have too many around. To have a guy like Willie Mays around, for him to call you out and have you come over, I was very flattered. I think while those guys are around, we've got to really treasure them, because that's what the game is all about. - Alex Rodriguez

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

Tonight, I stand here, overwhelmed, as my name is linked with the great and courageous Lou Gehrig, ... I'm truly humbled to have our names spoken in the same breath. Some may think our strongest connection is because we played many consecutive games. Yet I believe in my heart that our true link is a common motivation-a love of the game of baseball, a passion for our team and a desire to compete on the very highest level. - Cal Ripken

This book is about a real-life female baseball player who struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. - Ann Coppola

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

Then Mr. Gehrig is a badly underpaid player. - Joe DiMaggio

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

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. - Lou Gehrig