"I have seen all the good outfielders of the League, and I am just as good as any of them." (Washington Post, May 20, 1897)

"If the small and big boys of Brooklyn find it a pleasure to shout at me, I have no objections. No matter where we play, I go through the same ordeal, and at the present time I am so used to it that at times I forget to smile at my tormentors, believing it to be part of the game. (Brooklyn Eagle, May 1897)

"Maybe someday I will be a great player, but not yet. I have a good deal to learn and watch every player, some of whom may do something of benefit to me to me another time."

"Will I succeed? Of course I will. You have no idea how anxious I am to learn every trick and point of the game. There are many little things that come up in nearly every game which are new to me, but the white players are good to me, and are always ready to advise me. (Sporting Life, June 19,1897)

"I don't remember ever seeing a quicker bat or a stronger arm. Among the moderns, possibly one player worthy of comparison is that young man Joe DiMaggio. He has a trace of Sockalexis's stuff, but I don't believe he can run or throw with the Indian." - Red Sox Manager Bill Carrigan

"If Sock had stayed up for five years he could well have been better than (Ty) Cobb, (Honus) Wagner, or (Babe) Ruth." - Hall of Famer John McGraw

"Louis Sockalexis had the most brilliant career of any man who ever played the game. At no time has a player crowded so many remarkable accomplishments into such a short period of time as Sockalexis. He should have been the greatest player of times — greater than (Ty) Cobb, (Honus) Wagner, (Nap) Lajoie, (Roger) Hornsby or any of the other men who made history for the game." - Hall of Famer Hughie Jennings

"Sockalexis was the greatest outfielder in history, the best hitter, the best thrower, the best fielder, and also the best drinker." - New York Yankees General Manager Ed Barrow

"Sockalexis was the greatest player I ever saw, had a gorgeous left hand swing, hit the ball as far as Babe Ruth, was faster than Ty Cobb and as good a baserunner. He had the outfielding skill of Tris Speaker and threw like Bob Meusel, which means that no one could throw a ball farther or more accurately." - Philadelphia A's Pitcher Andy Coakley

"The man who said that there are no good Indians but dead Indians, or words to that effect, surely never saw Louis Sockalexis." - Sporting Life (May 1897)

Quotations From & About Louis Sockalexis