Quotes from Shannon Briggs

The goal is to be heavyweight champion of the world.

We all know what this business can do to you... you end up walking on your heels.

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.

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 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.

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.

All different religions have laws based on fear, the fear of going to hell.

Why would I stand there and trade punches and try to knock out George Foreman?

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.

If I don't knock out Lennox Lewis, I am going to beat the hell out of him.

I was 18-years-old hanging out with Mickey Rourke and Johnny Depp at Mickey's club Risk.

I missed a lot of school. I was always sick. I was in the hospital a lot. Asthma kicked my butt.

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 never said I was a Tyson, Bowe or Ali. I said I'm Shannon Briggs, the latest, not the 'greatest.'

I got into boxing because I wanted to fight Tyson.

In memory of Muhammad Ali I will be knocking out David Haye in one round.

Let's go, champ' started as a way to motivate myself.

My mom was a nurse at Rikers Island and she cried to me about not going the wrong route.

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.

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.

Underachiever. Asthmatic. Excuse-maker and fistic faker. My opponents and some other haters have called me all of those things.

I want to make a diference. I want people to know my name. Like Ali.

You can't stop me, so step aside.