Every single person has showed courage or was being courages at one point in his or hers life by saving a cat from a tree to helping an elderly woman cross the street, but Lou Gehrig showed courage by doing more than just that. Lou Gehrig is undeniably courageous because he was able show discipline in diverse ways, he demonstrated divergent ways of excellence, and showed integrity in varied ways. One out of the three ways Gehrig showed his undeniably courageousness was by his discipline. The meaning of discipline is to give it your best shot, setting down goals for yourself ,and forcing yourself to do things you don’t want to do. Well that is exactly what Lou Gehrig did,he played baseball for 16 years of his life and tried his hardest to keep playing for the yankees. Eventually Gehrig had to retired. "He was eventually diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a rare degenerative disease now often referred to as Lou Gehrig’s disease and he retired." (History.com Staff). One of the three meanings of discipline is to challenge or forcing yourself to do things we you don’t want to. Gehrig did not want to go to the hospital because his wife telling him to go made him go and that is how he showed discipline."In 1939, after getting off to a horrid start to the baseball season, Gehrig wife told him to get checked into the Mayo Clinic and he did." (Biography.com Editors).This shows he has discipline because he stayed focused all day and night , he worked all day and