In John Feinstein’s excellent book Forever’s Team, there’s a great story about Scott Goetsch.
Goetsch was an outstanding backup to Duke legend Mike Gminski and while he was a rugged big man, he had a quiet demeanor on the court. He came in, did his job well, and went back out.
But there was this one time...
Duke was playing Notre Dame in the Final Four in 1978 and Goetsch, normally reserved, was rocking back and forth on the bench saying two words over and over:
Laimbeer sucks. Laimbeer sucks. Laimbeer sucks.
When he got in the game, totally out of character, he took a long jumper and pointed his finger in Laimbeer’s face to taunt him.