I want to be famous.
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.
In a way, I'm fighting because of my mom. She wanted me to find something in my life.
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.
Some days, I didn't know how I was going to make it to the next morning.
I got into boxing because I wanted to fight Tyson.
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 was 18-years-old hanging out with Mickey Rourke and Johnny Depp at Mickey's club Risk.
The heavyweight boxing needs Shannon Briggs and boxing needs Shannon Briggs.
If I don't knock out Lennox Lewis, I am going to beat the hell out of him.
Sometimes, I think to myself, 'Damn, I don't speak as well as I used to.'
We all know what this business can do to you... you end up walking on your heels.
I am from the ghetto.
If the money is right, I will fight a bear.
I'm superstitious about my hair. I don't like to cut it before big fights.
My mother taught me right and wrong, and the right is the only way to go.
I feel great about the boxing in South Florida.
