Let's go, champ' started as a way to motivate myself.
Shannon Briggs
All different religions have laws based on fear, the fear of going to hell.
My weight blew up to 400 lbs and I couldn't bend down to tie my own shoelaces.
I want the world to know me. I want to go down in history.
I myself had a rough life and it's been a struggle but I believe my gift is the ability to connect with everyone.
I was born asthmatic so came into boxing with deficiencies.
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.
I am made in Brooklyn, U.S.A. and I am definitely in the heavyweight-title house.
This is a big game, and there are a lot of haters in the game. But don't hate me, hate the game.
I was 18-years-old hanging out with Mickey Rourke and Johnny Depp at Mickey's club Risk.
I didn't take the fight with Michael Grant because the timing wasn't right. They offered me a lot of money, but it wasn't in my best interest to take that fight. They were trying to use me to build up Michael Grant.
Anybody in Britain, the big fights. I'm here for the big fights. I don't care about the little fights any more.
I love boxing, but there's a business side. I don't like a lot of people in the sport.
I never said I was a Tyson, Bowe or Ali. I said I'm Shannon Briggs, the latest, not the 'greatest.'
It was rough growing up but it was best for me, it's what made Shannon Briggs, it's who I am.
I know there are certain powers who would rather have the champions be Eastern European because there's more money in it.
I want everyone to recognize and know me. I don't want bodyguards. I want to be able to go out into the masses.
The only thing I'm good at is boxing.
Depression is not a choice.
Underachiever. Asthmatic. Excuse-maker and fistic faker. My opponents and some other haters have called me all of those things.
I hurt hard and I love hard.
My mother died on my birthday.
I want to leave this sport with a little bit of my brains left.
I'm the only black man you ever met who couldn't dribble a basketball.
I basically built myself up and I'm not about to let somebody else tear me down.
Girls in Brownsville don't play.
There is more to Shannon Briggs than a fighter.
I have always tried to market myself.
Going to the Olympics would have been great.
I was able to battle back through depression.
I got caught up in the whole celebrity thing, lost control at times.
A doctor prescribed testosterone for depression and it truly helped me.
I was an only child, a hard-case kid, in a rough neighborhood. But I always fought my battles.
I missed a lot of school. I was always sick. I was in the hospital a lot. Asthma kicked my butt.
I'd love to be in the Olympics and face Felix Savon again. But if I can't, I'll make the best of it. Life ain't over.
There were times when I was tempted to do wrong, and could have went that way. But I knew it wasn't for me. I was told enough times that it catches up with you, and I believe it.
I'm confident that I can go in and fight for 12 rounds and win a decision.
I've learned patience.
You can't stop me, so step aside.
Why would I stand there and trade punches and try to knock out George Foreman?
I can come forward. I can do whatever I have to do to win.
I've been all the way at the bottom. Now I can only go up.
My mom was a nurse at Rikers Island and she cried to me about not going the wrong route.
When Haye runs into my right hand, he'll know.
Two guys who don't like each other is a great fight.
When I'm angry, when I've got something to fight for, I'm charged up.
In memory of Muhammad Ali I will be knocking out David Haye in one round.
I think the people of Great Britain have embraced me in a great way and I feel honoured and looking forward to winning the title in England for them.
I love London, it's a great place to be.
Phenomenal boxing fans, I've never seen anything like it, everywhere I go people screaming 'let's go champ' it's just amazing; kids, elderly people, when it comes to boxing you can't beat Great Britain.
