Top 97 Quotes & Sayings by Shannon Briggs - Page 2

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Last updated on November 23, 2024.

My weight blew up to 400 lbs and I couldn't bend down to tie my own shoelaces.

If I don't knock out Lennox Lewis, I am going to beat the hell out of him.

I feel like winning the title was a curse. It was something that I always wanted to achieve. I got it, but it didn't turn out the way I thought. The business side of it has not been very good.

Shannon Briggs

In a way, I'm fighting because of my mom. She wanted me to find something in my life.

Shannon Briggs

I never said I was a Tyson, Bowe or Ali. I said I'm Shannon Briggs, the latest, not the 'greatest.'

Shannon Briggs

It wasn't until the birth of my daughter that I realised I had to get it together. I had my second chance in life to do what I'm doing, which is inspire people to not give up.

Shannon Briggs

I've been through a lot of ups and downs. But in the process, I won two heavyweight titles. Not many men can say that.

Shannon Briggs

People want to see blood. They don't care anymore if you can box for 12 rounds. They don't appreciate the art of the good boxer.

Shannon Briggs

It was rough growing up but it was best for me, it's what made Shannon Briggs, it's who I am.

Shannon Briggs

I respect Haye as a man and for being a former two-weight world champion. But not as a boxer.

Shannon Briggs

Honestly, I feel better at 35 than I did at 25.

Shannon Briggs

After I won but then lost my world title I ended up with no money. Then my dad died in prison.

Shannon Briggs

People want to see knockouts.

Shannon Briggs

I was 18-years-old hanging out with Mickey Rourke and Johnny Depp at Mickey's club Risk.

Shannon Briggs

I grew up watching the careers of Tyson and Bowe. I always wanted to follow in their footsteps in becoming a world champion. But I've always been my own man.

Shannon Briggs

I want everyone to recognize and know me. I don't want bodyguards. I want to be able to go out into the masses.

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I got caught up in the whole celebrity thing, lost control at times.

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I am from the ghetto.

Shannon Briggs

We all know what this business can do to you... you end up walking on your heels.

Shannon Briggs

The goal is to be heavyweight champion of the world.

Shannon Briggs

I got into boxing because I wanted to fight Tyson.

Shannon Briggs

I know there are certain powers who would rather have the champions be Eastern European because there's more money in it.

Shannon Briggs

I had to fight in K-1 in Japan to make a living between fighting and doing commercial work over there, and it's been a roller coaster in a sense, but it's been a smooth one.

Shannon Briggs

My mother taught me right and wrong, and the right is the only way to go.

Shannon Briggs

After the Klitschko fight they left me for dead in the hospital. It was just my wife and me - we were alone and had no money.

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I feel great about the boxing in South Florida.

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The heavyweight boxing needs Shannon Briggs and boxing needs Shannon Briggs.

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Boxing's been good to me.

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I'm superstitious about my hair. I don't like to cut it before big fights.