Brownsville girls are known for being quick-tempered.
— Shannon Briggs
I'm proud of doing well at school and if there'd been any money I would have gone to college.
I want to make a diference. I want people to know my name. Like Ali.
I'm the only black man you ever met who couldn't dribble a basketball.
I was lucky. I had boxing as an out.
I had a mother who gave me everything.
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.
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.
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.
Two guys who don't like each other is a great fight.
I love boxing, but there's a business side. I don't like a lot of people in the sport.
I can come forward. I can do whatever I have to do to win.
You can't stop me, so step aside.
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.
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.
Underachiever. Asthmatic. Excuse-maker and fistic faker. My opponents and some other haters have called me all of those things.
Brownsville breeds the best fighters in the world. What other neighborhood has produced so many champions?
I have always tried to market myself.
I want the world to know me. I want to go down in history.
Thanks to my mother, I graduated. But then we lost everything, we were homeless.
All different religions have laws based on fear, the fear of going to hell.
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 want the best. I've always fought the best.
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.
In memory of Muhammad Ali I will be knocking out David Haye in one round.
When Haye runs into my right hand, he'll know.
My mom was a nurse at Rikers Island and she cried to me about not going the wrong route.
Why would I stand there and trade punches and try to knock out George Foreman?
I've learned patience.
I basically built myself up and I'm not about to let somebody else tear me down.
Going to the Olympics would have been great.
I was an only child, a hard-case kid, in a rough neighborhood. But I always fought my battles.
There is more to Shannon Briggs than a fighter.
I've had plenty of bad breaks you know.
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.
I just want people to see me. I want people to say that Shannon Briggs is someone that looked good.
It was like boxing found me.
I hurt hard and I love hard.
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 London, it's a great place to be.
When I'm angry, when I've got something to fight for, I'm charged up.
The only thing I'm good at is boxing.
I've been all the way at the bottom. Now I can only go up.
This is a big game, and there are a lot of haters in the game. But don't hate me, hate the game.
I'm confident that I can go in and fight for 12 rounds and win a decision.
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 missed a lot of school. I was always sick. I was in the hospital a lot. Asthma kicked my butt.
I am made in Brooklyn, U.S.A. and I am definitely in the heavyweight-title house.
