In `find -exec`, using back quotes (backticks) with `stat`

I would like find to execute a different command depending on what the stats of a file are. If I run the command find . -name "*" -exec echo {} \+ then I get the list of files in the directory. As expected, adding echo `` gives the same result: find . -name "*" -exec echo echo {} \+ On the other hand, with stat the situation is different. find . -name "*" -exec stat {} \+ works as expected. However, find . -name "*" -exec echo stat {} \+ returns the error stat: {}: stat: No such file or directory In this case, the braces {} do not get expanded like they do in the echo example. How do I make the expansion work as expected?