Quotes by Shannon Briggs - Page 2

I missed a lot of school. I was always sick. I was in the hospital a lot. Asthma kicked my butt.
Shannon Briggs /
Butt
Hospital
Missed
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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.
Shannon Briggs /
Cutting
Butcher
Champ
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I never said I was a Tyson, Bowe or Ali. I said I'm Shannon Briggs, the latest, not the 'greatest.'
Shannon Briggs /
Tyson
Ali
Latest
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Brownsville breeds the best fighters in the world. What other neighborhood has produced so many champions?
Shannon Briggs /
Neighborhood
Breeds
Champions
Fighters
Produced
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Anybody in Britain, the big fights. I'm here for the big fights. I don't care about the little fights any more.
Shannon Briggs /
Fights
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I want everyone to recognize and know me. I don't want bodyguards. I want to be able to go out into the masses.
Shannon Briggs /
Me Know Everyone
Bodyguards
Masses
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I myself had a rough life and it's been a struggle but I believe my gift is the ability to connect with everyone.
Shannon Briggs /
Rough
Life Myself Struggle
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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.
Shannon Briggs /
Olympics
Life Love Best
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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.
Shannon Briggs /
Titles
Downs
Heavyweight
Ups
Ups And Downs
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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.
Shannon Briggs /
Darling
Golden
Harvard
Lesson
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I know there are certain powers who would rather have the champions be Eastern European because there's more money in it.
Shannon Briggs /
Eastern
Champions
Money Know More
Powers
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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.
Shannon Briggs /
Hospital
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Underachiever. Asthmatic. Excuse-maker and fistic faker. My opponents and some other haters have called me all of those things.
Shannon Briggs /
Opponents
Asthmatic
Haters
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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.
Shannon Briggs /
Rounds
Art Good People
Boxer
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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.
Shannon Briggs /
Great Britain
Looking Forward
Great Me Winning
Embraced
Great Way
Honoured
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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.
Shannon Briggs /
Careers
Champion
Footsteps
Tyson
Always Man World
Champion Man World
World Champion
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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.
Shannon Briggs /
Boxing
Go Home
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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.
Shannon Briggs /
Japan
Roller Coaster
Coaster
Roller
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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.
Shannon Briggs /
Inspire
Realised
Second Chance
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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.
Shannon Briggs /
Tempted
Believe Me Way
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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.
Shannon Briggs /
Curse
Good Business Always
Business Side
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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.
Shannon Briggs /
Boxing
Elderly
Great Britain
Great Amazing People
Champ
Screaming
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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.
Shannon Briggs /
Timing
Build
Best Money Me
Best Money Fight
Fight
Michael
Grant
Offered
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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.
Shannon Briggs /
Awkwardness
Determined
Fury
Tyson
Big Guy
Notice
Truthfully
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