Sure he (Fred Astaire) was great, but don't forget that Ginger Rogers did everything he did, backwards... and in high heels.

Elizabeth Knowles, "Backwards and in high heels", What They Didn't Say: A Book of Misquotations (Oxford Press: 2006) | "Quotes About Ginger Rogers", Ginger Rogers: The Official Site | Often incorrectly attributed to Faith Whittlesey, Ann Richards (who used it in a 1988 speech), or to Ginger Rogers herself

version: Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, except backwards and in high heels.