I thought I could catch him. I demand a rematch.
Source, in full
Speaking on September 15, 1960, regarding a play that occurred the previous day: specifically, his failure to throw the ball to second base following Vernon Law's successful pickoff of Maury Wills; as quoted in "Alston Rates Wills with Robinson" by Frank Finch, in Los Angeles Times (September 16, 1960), p. 76