WHEN Yankees slugger Lou Gehrig announced his retirement in 1939, it shocked the baseball world. During his career, Gehrig’s seemingly endless endurance had
allowed him to play in 2,130 consecutive games (a record that stood for nearly 60 years), earning him the nickname “the Iron Horse.”
However, in 1939, when Gehrig was diagnosed with the neurodegenerative disease ALS (which became commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease),
the Iron Horse was finally forced to end his baseball career. In the retirement speech he delivered at Yankee Stadium on July 4, 1939,
Gehrig told the crowd that despite his “bad break,” he considered himself “the luckiest man on the face of the Earth.”
This iconic phrase, emblematic of Gehrig’s grace and humility, remains famous today, and his speech is often recognized as one of the greatest in sports history.
Today is the anniversary of 911.
I feel like I wake up and just take so much for granted.
Let's not forget the brave souls that we lost that day. And, those that had to continue without husbands, wives, brothers, sisters, etc.
Be humbe; Be kind.
"Being humble means recognizing that we are not on earth to see how important we can become, but to see how much difference we can make in the lives of others" Gordon Hinkley