Disease Quote by Khaled Hosseini

“James Parkinson. George Huntington. Robert Graves. John Down. Now this Lou Gehrig fellow of mine. How did men come to monopolize disease names too?”…

— Khaled Hosseini

Why the fairy tale of Willie Mays making a brilliant World Series catch, and then dashing off to play stickball in the street with…

— Ernie Harwell

“Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), often referred to as Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a progressive, highly morbid, debilitating neurological disease that attacks the neurons responsible…

— Howard W. Fisher

I work at a non-profit called ALS Worldwide, where we work with ALS (also known as Lou Gehrig's disease) patients and families. It is…

— Chloe Benjamin

You remember what happened when Eddie Pipp got hurt? A guy named Lou Gehrig took over.

— Mike Ditka

“The point to remember is that the issue is not nature versus nurture. It is the balance between nature and nurture. Genes do not…

— John J. Ratey

Whether your name is (Lou) Gehrig or (Cal) Ripken, (Joe) DiMaggio or (Jackie) Robinson, or that of some youngster who picks up his bat…

— Cal Ripken, Jr

“It’s like my grandpa always used to say, ‘A butter knife would make a deadlier weapon than a melting stick of butter.’” “Your grandpa…

— Jarod Kintz

He (Lou Gehrig) just went out and did his job every day.

— Bill Dickey

Hell, Lou (Gehrig) it took fifteen years to get you out of a game. Sometimes I'm out in fifteen minutes.

— Lefty Gomez

“Now, I have to tell you, this reminds me of a story. Actually, it’s an old baseball story. You see, one day, old Lucifer…

— Anonymous

The only book I ever read cover to cover was The Pete Rose Story. I read half of The Lou Gehrig Story and then…

— Pete Rose