Fans, for the past two weeks you have been reading about a bad break I got. Yet today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of this earth.
. . . Look at these grand men. Which of you wouldn't consider it the highlight of his career just to associate with them for even one day?
Sure, I'm lucky.
–“Farewell to Baseball,”
Lou Gehrig

What do these lines reveal about Gehrig’s purpose?
He hopes to persuade his audience to contribute to a charity.
He wants to persuade his audience to remember him.
He wants to convince his audience that he is fortunate.
He hopes to convince the audience to pity him.
He wants to express his sadness at leaving.