Lou Gehrig Speech Ethos

The speech by Lou Gehrig entitled “Luckiest Man Speech” was prepared for his fans from all around the world. People knew him for his infectious personality on the New York Yankees baseball team. He gave his speech on July 4, 1939, at Yankee Stadium. At the time, he knew what the outcome of the disease was going to be. Gehrig shows his gratitude for the life he had, and even though it was cut short, he wanted to tell everybody thanks for loving him and supporting him through his journey as a baseball player. He tells his fans that he has ALS, but he is still going to live his life until he can’t move his muscles. Lou Gehrig’s farewell speech delivers an inspiring message by including pathos, ethos, and repetition to show how lucky he is despite

He describes ethos by his number of years playing in the ballpark and hitting record-breaking numbers such as hitting 23 grand slams for the Yankees. According to Gehrig, “I have been in ballparks for seventeen years and have never received anything but kindness and encouragement from you fans” (Gehrig). This shows ethos because he states his credibility of playing baseball for 17 years as a hitter for the Yankees. There is a bit of pathos when he expresses emotion to thank his fans. Gehrig says: "Fans, for the past two weeks you have been reading about the bad break I got. Yet today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of this earth” (Gehrig). It creates ethos because he lived with ALS and not everybody

From all the rival teams all the way down to the ballboys they recognized Lou Gehrig and his accomplishments. Gehrig adds, "When the New York Yankees, a team you would give your right arm to beat, and vice versa, sends you a gift - that's something. When everybody is down to the groundskeepers and those boys in white coats remember you with trophies - that's something” (Gehrig). When Gehrig repeats the phrase “that’s something” he means that he is being remembered for being a great baseball player and a good person. Even other teams that wanted to beat him still respected him, which is highlighted by giving him gifts and still being kind because of the ALS diagnosis. Children looked up to him wanting to be like him one-day playing baseball, and wanting to be the next Lou Gehrig and that shows that he had a very tender heart for all people. He goes on to talk about his mom and dad and how they worked all the time, and they wanted him to have a great education and they loved and supported him. Gehrig says, “When you have a father and a mother who work all their lives so you can have an education and build your body - it's a blessing. When you have a wife who has been a tower of strength and shown more courage than you dreamed existed - that's the finest I know” (Gehrig). This shows repetition because he is repeating the words when you have and who to highlight his blessings. He emphasizes and talks