Remember Ralph Wiley? He used to write for Page 2 on ESPN.
Anyway, he did a column on shut down lines, and he told a story about how he was playing Jim Brown in checkers or chess or something like that. It looked like Wiley was going to win so he started talking some smack to Jim Brown. Brownwasn't amused, looked over at him and said "You think you can kick my ass?" and then rallied to beat him.