A biography for Shannon Briggshasn’t been written yet.
“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.”
“You have to bully a guy like Fury - notice I don't call him 'Tyson.' Truthfully you have to run up on a big guy like Fury and pummel him. He's the type of guy who's strong and determined but he's slow. His awkwardness is his positive.”
“Girls in Brownsville don't play.”
“I hurt hard and I love hard.”
“I'm the only black man you ever met who couldn't dribble a basketball.”
“Anybody in Britain, the big fights. I'm here for the big fights. I don't care about the little fights any more.”
“I just want people to see me. I want people to say that Shannon Briggs is someone that looked good.”
“I lost to Lennox Lewis in a very controversial decision.”
“I'm confident that I can go in and fight for 12 rounds and win a decision.”
“If the money is right, I will fight a bear.”
“Some days, I didn't know how I was going to make it to the next morning.”
“After I won but then lost my world title I ended up with no money. Then my dad died in prison.”
“Brownsville girls are known for being quick-tempered.”
“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.”
“I've been through a lot of ups and downs. But in the process, I won two heavyweight titles. Not many men can say that.”
“No guy with a Ph.D. is going to beat me.”
“I got caught up in the whole celebrity thing, lost control at times.”
“I was born asthmatic so came into boxing with deficiencies.”
“I learned a lesson I couldn't get from Harvard. I'm not no media darling. I'm not the golden boy; not that I ever was.”
“Why would I stand there and trade punches and try to knock out George Foreman?”