A biography for Shannon Briggshasn’t been written yet.
“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.”
“Honestly, I feel better at 35 than I did at 25.”
“In memory of Muhammad Ali I will be knocking out David Haye in one round.”
“All different religions have laws based on fear, the fear of going to hell.”
“Sometimes, I think to myself, 'Damn, I don't speak as well as I used to.'”
“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 have always tried to market myself.”
“My mother died on my birthday.”
“I basically built myself up and I'm not about to let somebody else tear me down.”
“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.”
“A doctor prescribed testosterone for depression and it truly helped me.”
“I've had plenty of bad breaks you know.”
“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.”
“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 never said I was a Tyson, Bowe or Ali. I said I'm Shannon Briggs, the latest, not the 'greatest.'”
“My weight blew up to 400 lbs and I couldn't bend down to tie my own shoelaces.”
“You can't stop me, so step aside.”
“I know there are certain powers who would rather have the champions be Eastern European because there's more money in it.”
“I know how to sell a fight.”
“I am made in Brooklyn, U.S.A. and I am definitely in the heavyweight-title house.”