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I am from the ghetto.
Boxing's been good to me.
Depression is not a choice.
It was like boxing found me.
My mother died on my birthday.
You can't stop me, so step aside.
I was lucky. I had boxing as an out.
The only thing I'm good at is boxing.
I've had plenty of bad breaks you know.
I love London, it's a great place to be.
If the money is right, I will fight a bear.
Going to the Olympics would have been great.
I want the best. I've always fought the best.
When Haye runs into my right hand, he'll know.
I feel great about the boxing in South Florida.
I got into boxing because I wanted to fight Tyson.
The goal is to be heavyweight champion of the world.
I truly, truly suffered depression, to the deep core.
Let's go, champ' started as a way to motivate myself.
I lost to Lennox Lewis in a very controversial decision.
I was born asthmatic so came into boxing with deficiencies.
I want to leave this sport with a little bit of my brains left.
I got caught up in the whole celebrity thing, lost control at times.
I want to make a diference. I want people to know my name. Like Ali.
When I'm angry, when I've got something to fight for, I'm charged up.
I'm the only black man you ever met who couldn't dribble a basketball.
A doctor prescribed testosterone for depression and it truly helped me.
Some days, I didn't know how I was going to make it to the next morning.
In memory of Muhammad Ali I will be knocking out David Haye in one round.
Sometimes, I think to myself, 'Damn, I don't speak as well as I used to.'
My mother taught me right and wrong, and the right is the only way to go.
I'm confident that I can go in and fight for 12 rounds and win a decision.
I'm superstitious about my hair. I don't like to cut it before big fights.
If I don't knock out Lennox Lewis, I am going to beat the hell out of him.
All different religions have laws based on fear, the fear of going to hell.
The heavyweight boxing needs Shannon Briggs and boxing needs Shannon Briggs.
Why would I stand there and trade punches and try to knock out George Foreman?
My weight blew up to 400 lbs and I couldn't bend down to tie my own shoelaces.
Thanks to my mother, I graduated. But then we lost everything, we were homeless.
I basically built myself up and I'm not about to let somebody else tear me down.
We all know what this business can do to you... you end up walking on your heels.
I am made in Brooklyn, U.S.A. and I am definitely in the heavyweight-title house.
It took me years on top of years to grow thick skin and it took me many hurtful days.
I love boxing, but there's a business side. I don't like a lot of people in the sport.
I was 18-years-old hanging out with Mickey Rourke and Johnny Depp at Mickey's club Risk.
My mom was a nurse at Rikers Island and she cried to me about not going the wrong route.
It was rough growing up but it was best for me, it's what made Shannon Briggs, it's who I am.
I respect Haye as a man and for being a former two-weight world champion. But not as a boxer.
I was an only child, a hard-case kid, in a rough neighborhood. But I always fought my battles.
This is a big game, and there are a lot of haters in the game. But don't hate me, hate the game.