Brian Shaw Quotes

Brian Shaw

Profession : Coach

Birth : March 22, 1966

I really don't like getting dressed up. It's a lot more comfortable to be in some type of T-shirt or dry-fit shirt and shorts. That's pretty much my typical attire.

Brian Shaw

Wearing jeans or any kind of long pants, it just sucks for me, to be honest.

Brian Shaw

I've always been fascinated by different feats of strength throughout history.

Brian Shaw

I always loved lifting and training and competing.

Brian Shaw

I don't even know how much money I've spent on all of this stuff... Just in plates and bars alone, it's literally a ridiculous amount of money I've spent on those. And to me it doesn't matter. It's money that I've gladly spent.

Brian Shaw

In all honesty, I just love car deadlifts.

Brian Shaw

I've got a clothing sponsor that helps me out with my clothes. It's called Bulky Boy Clothing, and they pretty much provide me with most of the shirts that I wear.

Brian Shaw

My love for weight training and competing just seemed like a perfect fit for strongman. So I decided to give it a try, for fun, really. It's definitely not for everybody, but if you love working out and being competitive and pushing yourself to the limit, it's great. It's fun, for sure.

Brian Shaw

I started lifting heavy weights and became addicted to it and before I knew it I won the title of the world's strongest man which is very cool.

Brian Shaw

I'm just eating to be the strongest human being on the planet.

Brian Shaw

When I'm training for a car deadlift, sometimes I'll stand on some mats to make the bar lower.

Brian Shaw

My main purpose in launching StrongmanAcademy.com is so competitors know how to win and beginners know what to do.

Brian Shaw

You can't always be the top dog.

Brian Shaw

I watched World's Strongest Man growing up on TV and I just loved all of that, so I decided to enter a Strongman contest - just for fun. Really. For no other reason than that I just wanted to compete in something and push myself. I ended up loving it from the get-go and also found that I was very gifted.

Brian Shaw

I remember seeing a story on Olympic swimmer, Ryan Lochte doing strongman workouts. That was awesome.

Brian Shaw

I want to show people how to do this at an exceptional level whether they are a competitor, a CrossFit strongman or someone who just wants to do strongman workouts at home.

Brian Shaw

I know I'm big. I've been big my whole life. I've never had to prove how tough I am.

Brian Shaw

Eating is the hard part. It's constant - you don't ever stop from the time you wake up you eat until you go to bed. Then I wake up in the morning and the first thing I do is eat and do it all day again.

Brian Shaw

I wouldn't want to be too lean.

Brian Shaw

First thing in the morning, it's very important to eat quickly. So I'm reaching for eggs.

Brian Shaw