Alexander Volkanovski

A lot of times we're being portrayed as thugs, but anyone who really knows us understand that we work hard, we diet hard, the commitment is full on. But alot of people don't see that. Some of the nicest and most respectful people I've ever met are in this sport. I truly believe that, and there's a lot of fighters that live by that.

Australian Athlete

Richard Sherman

To those who would call me a thug or worse because I show passion on a football field - don't judge a person's character by what they do between the lines. Judge a man by what he does off the field, what he does for his community, what he does for his family.

American Athlete

Charles Barkley

For some reason, we're brainwashed to think if you're not a thug or an idiot, you're not black enough. If you go to school, make good grades, speak intelligent, and don't break the law, you're not a good black person.

American Baseball Player

Jack Keane

When you had thugs and bullies and killers imposing their will on their own people or other people - if you don't respond to it, it just keeps coming because they're encouraged by their own success.

American General

Charlamagne tha God

One day, I got beat up, and my glasses, which were crooked already, got shattered on the ground. That's when I said, 'Okay, enough.' I became like Batman. I decided to thug myself out, all the way.

American Entertainer

Lexi Alexander

When I was pitching 'Hooligans,' with a budget of $15 million, most people said they don't want to see a picture about soccer thugs.

German Director

Suge Knight

For thugs from the ghetto, violence is a way of life - it's what helps you survive.

American Producer

Nelsan Ellis

I can play a doctor, and I can play a thug.

American Actor

Tupac Shakur

American Rapper

Giggs

English Musician

The word 'thug' generally implies bad behavior and is not a compliment.

Negative Connotation

'Thug' is often used in news and media to describe criminals or violent protestors.

Media Influence

Used informally, 'thug' can describe someone who is tough or rough around the edges.

Colloquial Usage

'Thug' originally referred to members of a specific Indian cult, not general criminals.

Historical Context

In historical context, 'thug' represented individuals practicing ritualistic murders.

Specific Rituals

Historically, 'thugs' were criminals, not respected religious leaders or regular citizens.

Not Religious Leaders

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 that gang were trying to bribe a law firm to get their stock back. Even now, we have no idea where all that money went, to who it went to, but you can bet it's never going to benefit the likes of you or me. But these aren't just low-level street thugs.

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 I have spent so much time defending myself against attempts to demonize me and make me apologize for who I am, trying to portray me as something that I'm not, some kind of thug or gangster, a menace to society. Unexpected compassion. Wow.

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 looting everything they could in the shops. These were criminals, thugs, dangerous, destroying their own environment. And then I saw it -- could it be possible? -- my photo on a wall revealed by a burning car --

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 and it's a school day. Other people, when they see this picture, might see gangs, thugs, delinquents -- criminals. But I see it different. I see these young people through a perspective

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 with beads and sequins sewn on the bodices, even in lipstick and mascara, their hair aflow, could only stand wringing their hands, begging for peace, while father and son, like thugs,

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