Lou Gehrig's famous speech
"For the past two weeks, you’ve been reading about a bad break. Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the Earth.
"I have been in ballparks for 17 years and have never received anything but kindness and encouragement from you fans.
"When you look around, wouldn’t you consider it a privilege to associate yourself with such fine-looking men as are standing in uniform in t...
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