Shannon Briggs

I want to be famous.

— Shannon Briggs

Depression is not a choice.

— Shannon Briggs

I hurt hard and I love hard.

— Shannon Briggs

I've learned patience.

— Shannon Briggs

Boxing's been good to me.

— Shannon Briggs

You can't stop me, so step aside.

— Shannon Briggs

I am from the ghetto.

— Shannon Briggs

People want to see knockouts.

— Shannon Briggs

In memory of Muhammad Ali I will be knocking out David Haye in one round.

— Shannon Briggs

If the money is right, I will fight a bear.

— Shannon Briggs

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

— Shannon Briggs

I love London, it's a great place to be.

— Shannon Briggs

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

— Shannon Briggs

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

— Shannon Briggs

I lost to Lennox Lewis in a very controversial decision.

— Shannon Briggs

All different religions have laws based on fear, the fear of going to hell.

— Shannon Briggs

I am made in Brooklyn, U.S.A. and I am definitely in the heavyweight-title house.

— Shannon Briggs

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

— Shannon Briggs

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

— Shannon Briggs

I'm a butcher champ, I don't care what I eat, I don't care what I cut, I just want to get cutting.

— Shannon Briggs

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

— 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 love boxing, but there's a business side. I don't like a lot of people in the sport.

— 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

It wasn't until the birth of my daughter that I realised I had to get it together. I had my second chance…

— Shannon Briggs

I feel like winning the title was a curse. It was something that I always wanted to achieve. I got it, but…

— Shannon Briggs

You have to bully a guy like Fury - notice I don't call him 'Tyson.' Truthfully you have to run up on…

— Shannon Briggs

I didn't take the fight with Michael Grant because the timing wasn't right. They offered me a lot of money, but it…

— Shannon Briggs

It's a hard sport. You don't come from a rich family wanting to be a boxer. Rich kids get hit in the…

— Shannon Briggs

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…

— Shannon Briggs

There were times when I was tempted to do wrong, and could have went that way. But I knew it wasn't for…

— 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…

— Shannon Briggs

Girls in Brownsville don't play.

— Shannon Briggs

The only thing I'm good at is boxing.

— Shannon Briggs

My mother died on my birthday.

— Shannon Briggs

I know how to sell a fight.

— Shannon Briggs

It was like boxing found me.

— Shannon Briggs

I was lucky. I had boxing as an out.

— Shannon Briggs

I've had plenty of bad breaks you know.

— Shannon Briggs

I'm the people's champion.

— Shannon Briggs