Lou Gehrig's Speech

who is delivering this speech

• Jacob Ruppert

• Lou Gehrig

• Ed Barrow

• Miller Huggins

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How would you summarize how Lou Gehrig feels giving this speech.

• He feels sad to say goodbye to his great career.

• He is glade because his career was not that great and is glade to get out of it before it gets worse.

• He is mad about having to leave his great career because he wants to keep going.

• He feels lucky about all that has happened in his career and the people that he has meet.

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What is the message that Lou Gehrig explores in his speech

• You must know important people to be successful

• Always strive for greatness and success

• Be thankful for the things you have and have accomplished

• Family is important to success

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Why do you think Lou Gehrig gave this speech at Yankee stadium

• Because he was sick and was forced to retire

• He was old and wanted to retire

• He was a bad baseball player and forced to retire

• He cheated in a game and got caught and retired

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what do you think made Lou Gehrig such a good baseball player

• He had good connections within the baseball community

• He had a lot of good supporting fans

• He had good encoraging parents and wife

• Because he was cuban and was a good baseball player

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