What we remember most about this quiet man of dignity is a speech ... myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth." There weren't many dry eyes in the place when Gehrig concluded.

The teary-eyed Gehrig stood at a microphone and addressed 60,000 fans, saying: "I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of ... during Gehrig’s farewell speech. Gehrig died two years ...

The teary-eyed Gehrig stood at a microphone and addressed 60,000 fans, saying: "I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of ... during Gehrig’s farewell speech. Gehrig died two years ...

Lou Gehrig famously said upon his retirement that he considered himself the luckiest man on the face of the Earth. This was despite the fact that he had been diagnosed with ALS, a disease that ...

Gehrig is followed from his childhood in New York until his famous 'Luckiest Man' speech at his farewell day in 1939.