Shannon Briggs Quotes

Shannon Briggs

Profession : Athlete

Birth : December 4, 1971

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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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.

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

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

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

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No guy with a Ph.D. is going to beat me.

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Boxing's been good to me.

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It took me years on top of years to grow thick skin and it took me many hurtful days.

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People want to see knockouts.

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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.

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

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I want to leave this sport with a little bit of my brains left.

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The goal is to be heavyweight champion of the world.

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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.

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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 want to be famous.

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It's a hard sport. You don't come from a rich family wanting to be a boxer. Rich kids get hit in the face, they go home. Poor kids come back. They see boxing as a way out.

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

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

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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.

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