--- title: "1 National Pastime Quotes By Lou Gehrig" description: "1 National Pastime quotes by Lou Gehrig. Plus more from Lou Gehrig and more National Pastime sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12f/lou-gehrig-28759_baseball_there-is-no-room-in-baseball-for-discrim_2270673.jpg" --- > [There is no room in baseball for discrimination. It is our national pastime and a game for all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lou-gehrig/there-is-no-room-in-baseball-for-discrimination-it-is-our-national/) [Lou Gehrig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lou-gehrig/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12f/lou-gehrig-28759_baseball_there-is-no-room-in-baseball-for-discrim_2270673.jpg) ## More by Lou Gehrig > [The Babe is one fellow, and I'm another and I could never be exactly like him. I don't try, I just go on as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lou-gehrig/the-babe-is-one-fellow-and-i-m-another-and-i-could-never-be-exactly/) [Lou Gehrig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lou-gehrig/) > [Fans, for the past two weeks you have been reading about a bad break I got. Yet today, I consider myself the luckiest man…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lou-gehrig/fans-for-the-past-two-weeks-you-have-been-reading-about-a-bad-break-i/) [Lou Gehrig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lou-gehrig/) > [I worked real hard to learn to play first. In the beginning, I used to make one terrible play a game. Then, I got…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lou-gehrig/i-worked-real-hard-to-learn-to-play-first-in-the-beginning-i-used-to/) [Lou Gehrig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lou-gehrig/) > [It's a pretty big shadow. It gives me lots of room to spread myself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lou-gehrig/it-s-a-pretty-big-shadow-it-gives-me-lots-of-room-to-spread-myself/) [Lou Gehrig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lou-gehrig/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lou-gehrig/in-the-beginning-i-used-to-make-one-terrible-play-a-game-then-i-got/) [Lou Gehrig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lou-gehrig/) > [The ballplayer who loses his head, who can't keep his cool, is worse than no ballplayer at all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lou-gehrig/the-ballplayer-who-loses-his-head-who-can-t-keep-his-cool-is-worse/) [Lou Gehrig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lou-gehrig/) > [When you have a wonderful mother-in-law who takes sides with you in squabbles with her own daughter - that's something.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lou-gehrig/when-you-have-a-wonderful-mother-in-law-who-takes-sides-with-you-in/) [Lou Gehrig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lou-gehrig/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lou-gehrig/what-are-you-going-to-do-admit-to-yourself-that-the-pitchers-have-you/) [Lou Gehrig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lou-gehrig/) > [I might have had a tough break; but I have an awful lot to live for.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lou-gehrig/i-might-have-had-a-tough-break-but-i-have-an-awful-lot-to-live-for/) [Lou Gehrig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lou-gehrig/) > [We were mighty short of infielders in those days](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lou-gehrig/we-were-mighty-short-of-infielders-in-those-days/) [Lou Gehrig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lou-gehrig/) > [I love to win; but I love to lose almost as much. I love the thrill of victory, and I also love the challenge…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lou-gehrig/i-love-to-win-but-i-love-to-lose-almost-as-much-i-love-the-thrill-of/) [Lou Gehrig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lou-gehrig/) > [When you have a wife who has been a tower of strength and shown more courage than you dreamed existed - that's the finest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lou-gehrig/when-you-have-a-wife-who-has-been-a-tower-of-strength-and-shown-more/) [Lou Gehrig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lou-gehrig/) > [When you have a father and a mother who work all their lives so you can have an education and build your body -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lou-gehrig/when-you-have-a-father-and-a-mother-who-work-all-their-lives-so-you/) [Lou Gehrig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lou-gehrig/) > [I'm not a headline guy. I know that as long as I was following Ruth to the plate I could have stood on my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lou-gehrig/i-m-not-a-headline-guy-i-know-that-as-long-as-i-was-following-ruth-to/) [Lou Gehrig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lou-gehrig/you-have-to-get-knocked-down-to-realize-how-people-really-feel-about/) [Lou Gehrig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lou-gehrig/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/national-pastime/lou-gehrig/#itemlist", "name": "1 National Pastime Quotes By Lou Gehrig", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There is no room in baseball for discrimination. 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