Brian Shaw Quotes

Brian Shaw

Profession : Coach

Birth : March 22, 1966

Those Olympic lifters - how can you call someone the strongest man if he can't walk over to a car and pick it up?

Brian Shaw

After I got done playing basketball, I needed a competitive outlet.

Brian Shaw

It's a lot of fun, any time you can pick up a car is pretty awesome.

Brian Shaw

I eat a lot of grass-fed beef. That's my main protein source. But I'll substitute in chicken and turkey, and sometimes fish, to have a little bit of variety.

Brian Shaw

What I will say is that there is no governing body in strongman. There's no federation. There's no group of people or person that overlooks the sport, or says that this is a world record, or 'we'll count this as a world record.'

Brian Shaw

Being a strongman is a real test of functional strength. What can you pick up, carry and how fast can you move it. It's not a weight room strength, it takes brute strength and power to lift, carry and pull all types objects from fire engines, Mack trucks, transport planes and large stones.

Brian Shaw

It's constant - all day long I have to eat, but it's part of the job.

Brian Shaw

When you are in a competition, and there's however many men competing alongside you, you do not get to determine when you go to lift... you don't know how many guys will make it to the next round. You don't know how long they're going to take.

Brian Shaw

You don't need a gym to develop real strength. Just get an empty keg of beer and fill it with sand or water and simply pick it up, carry it in your back yard, flip it, anything just to get moving for as little as 15 minutes.

Brian Shaw

I think the first contest I did, I was somewhere just over 300 pounds. With my frame, I needed to add more weight and put more muscle on to get better leverage and be more successful. Just to get stronger, really. I had to work really hard.

Brian Shaw

I can very much relate to being on the road and filming and trying to train. It's a whole different ball game.

Brian Shaw

I've had to have some of my dress clothes tailored.

Brian Shaw

If you're the strongest man on the planet, you ought to be able to pick up a stone or flip a tire.

Brian Shaw

If you're the best at everything, you've got no one to challenge you and make you better.

Brian Shaw

I'm a fan of functional strength.

Brian Shaw

My very first competition was at the end of 2005. Honestly, I just looked it up online and tried to find something local, because I had no idea how to do it or where to start. I did Denver's Strongest Man here in Colorado, and I won.

Brian Shaw

I love giving back. There were a lot of people when I got started who really helped me. I do a lot of seminars and appearances. It's neat to be able to be in a position to do that. I've always loved coaching; it's how I got started.

Brian Shaw

Think of how much time it takes to prepare and eat a single meal. Then multiply that by seven. I wish I had my own chef!

Brian Shaw

My theory is to let everyone in on what works and let the best man win.

Brian Shaw

One thing that I've learned over the years with eggs is that you don't want to cook them too long. You want to make sure they're still soft, because in a big quantity, they're easier to eat if they're a little bit softer.

Brian Shaw