Lou Gehrig Quotes in The Pride of the Yankees (1942)

[his farewell speech]

Lou Gehrig: Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth.

Lou Gehrig: Is it three strikes, Doc?

Clinic doctor: You want it straight?

Lou Gehrig: Sure, straight.

Clinic doctor: It's three strikes.

Lou Gehrig: All the arguing in the world can't change the decision of the umpire.

Lou Gehrig: People have to live their own lives. Nobody can live it for you. Nobody could have made a baseball player out of Uncle Otto, and nobody can make anything but a baseball player out of me.

First Reporter: I'll bet you a new suit of clothes you'll be in Florida for spring practice.

Second Reporter: Aw, just wait till the old season starts. You'll miss the crowds and the cheering and the excitement.

Lou Gehrig: That's just what I want to get away from. I've had all of that. I'm going to wallow in peace and quiet for the rest of my life. I'm going to hang up my spikes for a swell old pair of carpet slippers.

[last lines]

Pop Mason: Oh, Lou! Lou! Telegram for ya.

Lou Gehrig: Read it.

Pop Mason: I did.

Lou Gehrig: Would you mind tellin' a guy?

Pop Mason: [reading] Mr. Lou Gehrig - Rawhide. Your terms are acceptable. Stop. Report at once for spring training.

Lou Gehrig: Boy, that's what I've been waiting for!