Shannon Briggs Quotes

I know what I am getting into with heavyweights. Not one of them can dictate against me because, firstly, they don't have feet fast enough. Secondly, while there are far better athletes and stronger fighters than me, even some who are quicker, they don't have the ring IQ I have. It allows me to dictate.

Frazier was not a big man at all. Frazier was about 5'9, but he would make anyone run. Put up your dukes and cover up because he's coming. He never backed up from anyone.

I'm used to being the big tough guy, the bodyguard type.

Tall men come down to my height when I hit 'em in the body.

They think because I'm small, they can do what they want to do to me. But I'm not weak. If I lower my shoulder and they lower they're shoulder, they're going to go down.

The ability and inclination to use physical strength is no indication of bravery or tenacity to life. The greatest cowards are often the greatest bullies. Nothing is cheaper and more common than physical bravery.

We used to get into other players' heads mentally and physically. In my day it was me versus you, my future versus your future.

I know the girls can't take my punches.

Anthony 'Rumble' Johnson hits hard. You gotta watch out for him. He's got hammers as fists.

People come into fights against me and say this and that, but when they realise how quick and how hard I hit, their game plan disappears.

I've got leverage on a guy that's 6-6, and I'm strong enough to push 600-plus pounds off on a double-team.

I'm not just a guy who can knock people out.

If I was gonna intimidate somebody? Give me the Batista build any day.

I don't need a huge pit bull to tell me I'm tough.

Everyone in boxing knows that I am a big guy.

I dominate, and I break guys' wills. When they come to fight me, they know they're going to be in for a fight, and it's going to be a test of wills.

I like to get down there and get physical. I like to get down there and try to show my strength, try to be a macho man.

I'm around 6'4' and 240 pounds. So I rarely feel that intimidated by other men. But I've got to give it up to Terry Bradshaw. That guy is a complete bulldog.

Brock Lesnar is a big challenge for me because he's a big guy: very, very strong, very, very powerful, very, very fast. I like the challenge. Brock Lesnar, for me, would be a very good fight.

From the beginning, when my brother Vadim first took me to the boxing gym at 10, I was able to punch hard, and the coach always put me with older boys because of that.

You don't mess with Pablo Zabaleta. He is not just looking hard, he is hard.

There are various psychological advantages you can take into boxing match. One is getting your opponent to fight with emotion and anger because he hates you.

Guys are going to be physical, especially with me being the young guy. That tends to happen a lot. It's just guys trying to be stronger and bigger than me, so they're just trying to be more physical.

Samoa Joe is great at kickboxing; he's super aggressive - he's tough.

I wouldn't say I'm the chunky lad who just goes barge, barge, barge, but being strong is an advantage.