Before his 1964 fight with Sonny Liston, Cassius Clay, the man who later became Muhammad Ali, was asked how he would approach the bout with the “unbeatable” world heavyweight champion. Clay famously responded: “Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. Your hands can’t hit what your eyes can’t see.” No one, except perhaps Ali himself, could have predicted that this remark would help propel him to near-mythic status. Clay was not the only sports figure who had a way with words.

Source: Brunswick