Jason Williams went on the Rich Eisen Show in 2016 and told this story about one of Mike Krzyzewski’s legendary motivational ploys.
The team was preparing for a game and in a room with rows of seats and a screen. So the scene from Gladiator comes on where Maximus was riding in front of his troops before battle and telling them that if they wake up somewhere else, not to worry because they’re already in Elysium.
So a flaming arrow shoots into the room and hits a dartboard. Then a basketball rolls in the doorway and Coach K pounces on it and wrestles it and starts screaming “fight with me!