Which are your favorite Brian Shaw quotes?
Brian Shaw is an American professional strongman competitor and winner of 2011, 2013, 2015, and 2016 World’s Strongest Man competitions. Shaw is the first man to have won the ‘Arnold Strongman Classic’ and the ‘World’s Strongest Man’ contest in the same calendar year.
He has a YouTube channel called ‘SHAWSTRENGTH’ with over 1 million subscribers. He often makes videos of training footage, fitness and strength challenges, and eating challenges. ‘Eddie Hall’ is also seen occasionally on his videos.
Here’s our collection of the most powerful Brian Shaw quotes:
50 Powerful Brian Shaw Quotes That’ll Motivate You
1. “I remember seeing a story on Olympic swimmer, Ryan Lochte doing strongman workouts. That was awesome.” – Brian Shaw
2. “If you’re the best at everything, you’ve got no one to challenge you and make you better.” – Brian Shaw
3. “I watched World’s Strongest Man growing up on TV and I just loved all of that, so I decided to enter a Strongman contest – just for fun. Really. For no other reason than that, I just wanted to compete in something and push myself. I ended up loving it from the get-go and also found that I was very gifted.” – Brian Shaw
4. “I love giving back. There were a lot of people when I got started who really helped me. I do a lot of seminars and appearances. It’s neat to be able to be in a position to do that. I’ve always loved coaching; it’s how I got started.” – Brian Shaw
5. “I know I’m big. I’ve been big my whole life. I’ve never had to prove how tough I am.” – Brian Shaw
6. “My main purpose in launching StrongmanAcademy.com is so competitors know how to win and beginners know what to do.” – Brian Shaw
7. “I’ve got a very busy schedule so I had to work around a lot of things coming in.” – Brian Shaw
8. “Those Olympic lifters – how can you call someone the strongest man if he can’t walk over to a car and pick it up?” – Brian Shaw
9. “I want to show people how to do this at an exceptional level whether they are a competitor, a CrossFit strongman or someone who just wants to do strongman workouts at home.” – Brian Shaw
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10. “The weight room has always been a place for me where I could go to be relaxed. It’s my sanctuary of sorts.” – Brian Shaw
11. “Certainly when you go to a restaurant and the chair breaks or you can’t fit in the chair, those moments are always interesting. But I think as a big guy you just have to embrace it. It’s just part of my normal life. To somebody else it’s very unusual.” – Brian Shaw
12. “When you are in a competition, and there’s however many men competing alongside you, you do not get to determine when you go to lift… you don’t know how many guys will make it to the next round. You don’t know how long they’re going to take.” – Brian Shaw
13. “I’ve had to have some of my dress clothes tailored.” – Brian Shaw
14. “I mean, I always try to evolve and get better and go back to the drawing board and look at where I can improve what weaknesses I have.” – Brian Shaw
15. “I know in my training, especially when I’m building up to a big ‘max,’ I can take as long as I want to be ready for that lift and mentally prepare for it. In the contest, some of that goes out the window. When your name is called and the bar is loaded, you’ve got to go whether you’re ready or not.” – Brian Shaw
16. “My love for weight training and competing just seemed like a perfect fit for strongman. So I decided to give it a try, for fun, really. It’s definitely not for everybody, but if you love working out and being competitive and pushing yourself to the limit, it’s great. It’s fun, for sure.” – Brian Shaw
17. “Being a strongman is a real test of functional strength. What can you pick up, carry and how fast can you move it. It’s not a weight room strength, it takes brute strength and power to lift, carry and pull all types objects from fire engines, Mack trucks, transport planes, and large stones.” – Brian Shaw
18. “It’s a lot of fun, any time you can pick up a car is pretty awesome.” – Brian Shaw
19. “I wouldn’t want to be too lean.” – Brian Shaw
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20. “If you’re the strongest man on the planet, you ought to be able to pick up a stone or flip a tire.” – Brian Shaw
21. “I’ve got a clothing sponsor that helps me out with my clothes. It’s called Bulky Boy Clothing, and they pretty much provide me with most of the shirts that I wear.” – Brian Shaw
22. “My theory is to let everyone in on what works and let the best man win.” – Brian Shaw
23. “I think for me one of the big factors that people don’t think about is that I train in Colorado at elevation all year round.” – Brian Shaw
24. “When I’m training for a car deadlift, sometimes I’ll stand on some mats to make the bar lower.” – Brian Shaw
25. “My motivation is being the best. Pretty simple and straightforward.” – Brian Shaw
26. “Eating is the hard part. It’s constant – you don’t ever stop from the time you wake up you eat until you go to bed. Then I wake up in the morning and the first thing I do is eat and do it all day again.” – Brian Shaw
27. “One thing that I’ve learned over the years with eggs is that you don’t want to cook them too long. You want to make sure they’re still soft because, in a big quantity, they’re easier to eat if they’re a little bit softer.” – Brian Shaw
28. “I eat a lot of grass-fed beef. That’s my main protein source. But I’ll substitute in chicken and turkey, and sometimes fish, to have a little bit of variety.” – Brian Shaw
29. “I’m just eating to be the strongest human being on the planet.” – Brian Shaw
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30. “I don’t care how much weight’s on there. If you’re doing 40 reps, that’s cardio!” – Brian Shaw
31. “I’ve always been fascinated by different feats of strength throughout history.” – Brian Shaw
32. “First thing in the morning, it’s very important to eat quickly. So I’m reaching for eggs.” – Brian Shaw
33. “I don’t even know how much money I’ve spent on all of this stuff… Just in plates and bars alone, it’s literally a ridiculous amount of money I’ve spent on those. And to me, it doesn’t matter. It’s money that I’ve gladly spent.” – Brian Shaw
34. “The goal every year is to come in better.” – Brian Shaw
35. “I think the first contest I did, I was somewhere just over 300 pounds. With my frame, I needed to add more weight and put more muscle on to get better leverage and be more successful. Just to get stronger, really. I had to work really hard.” – Brian Shaw
36. “You can’t always be the top dog.” – Brian Shaw
37. “I can very much relate to being on the road and filming and trying to train. It’s a whole different ball game.” – Brian Shaw
38. “I’m a fan of functional strength.” – Brian Shaw
39. “My very first competition was at the end of 2005. Honestly, I just looked it up online and tried to find something local, because I had no idea how to do it or where to start. I did Denver’s Strongest Man here in Colorado, and I won.” – Brian Shaw
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40. “It’s constant – all day long I have to eat, but it’s part of the job.” – Brian Shaw
41. “Think of how much time it takes to prepare and eat a single meal. Then multiply that by seven. I wish I had my own chef!” – Brian Shaw
42. “After I got done playing basketball, I needed a competitive outlet.” – Brian Shaw
43. “In all honesty, I just love car deadlifts.” – Brian Shaw
44. “I started lifting heavy weights and became addicted to it and before I knew it I won the title of the world’s strongest man which is very cool.” – Brian Shaw
45. “What I will say is that there is no governing body in strongman. There’s no federation. There’s no group of people or person that overlooks the sport or says that this is a world record, or we’ll count this as a world record.” – Brian Shaw
46. “Wearing jeans or any kind of long pants, it just sucks for me, to be honest.” – Brian Shaw
47. “People think the training is the hard part, it’s not really. That’s fun, I can get loose and do what I want to do. I only get to train for a few hours, maybe during the day.” – Brian Shaw
48. “You don’t need a gym to develop real strength. Just get an empty keg of beer and fill it with sand or water and simply pick it up, carry it in your back yard, flip it, anything just to get moving for as little as 15 minutes.” – Brian Shaw
49. “I always loved lifting and training and competing.” – Brian Shaw
50. “I really don’t like getting dressed up. It’s a lot more comfortable to be in some type of T-shirt or dry-fit shirt and shorts. That’s pretty much my typical attire.” – Brian Shaw
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