Robert Griffin III sounded like a savvy veteran in his news conference Wednesday afternoon, but he might be even more polished than we think.
Griffin's final line before leaving the stage was, "No pressure, no diamonds," and it's not just another standard sports cliché.
Turns out that "No pressure, no diamonds," is a quote attributed to Thomas Carlyle, a 19th-century Scottish historian and essayist.
Carlyle's major works, according to the Encyclopaedia Brittanica, include "The French Revolution," 3 vol. (1837), "On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History" (1841) and "The History of Friedrich II of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great," 6 vol. (1858-65).
Not sure if RG III has read any of those, but well done regardless.
It's not the first time Griffin has used the line, either.
RGIII ends his press conference with "No Pressure, No Diamonds." He filed for the trademark to that phrase in 2012, abandoned it last year.
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) April 6, 2016
Trademark? Now, Thomas Carlyle would have had something to say about that.