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I missed a lot of school. I was always sick. I was in the hospital a lot. Asthma kicked my butt.
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 never said I was a Tyson, Bowe or Ali. I said I'm Shannon Briggs, the latest, not the 'greatest.'
Brownsville breeds the best fighters in the world. What other neighborhood has produced so many champions?
Anybody in Britain, the big fights. I'm here for the big fights. I don't care about the little fights any more.
I want everyone to recognize and know me. I don't want bodyguards. I want to be able to go out into the masses.
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'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.
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.
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 know there are certain powers who would rather have the champions be Eastern European because there's more money in it.
After the Klitschko fight they left me for dead in the hospital. It was just my wife and me - we were alone and had no money.
Underachiever. Asthmatic. Excuse-maker and fistic faker. My opponents and some other haters have called me all of those things.
People want to see blood. They don't care anymore if you can box for 12 rounds. They don't appreciate the art of the good boxer.
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 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.
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.
I had to fight in K-1 in Japan to make a living between fighting and doing commercial work over there, and it's been a roller coaster in a sense, but it's been a smooth one.
It wasn't until the birth of my daughter that I realised I had to get it together. I had my second chance in life to do what I'm doing, which is inspire people to not give up.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.