And we realize that the moment just got bigger than us. Transcript of the core points from Matthew McConaughey's speech. Matthew McConaughey: (29:49) Dont leave crumbs. But first answer that question. I dont know. Take the hill. You know those No Fear T-shirts that were out. Again, these are not societal laws and expectations that we acknowledge and endow for anyone other than ourselves. In my business, its called mailbox money. I do my job well today, I get checks in the mailbox five years from nowheck of a deal. Also, we should be grateful for the eyes. On January 7, 2016 Matthew McConaughey gave a classic motivational speech at the University of Houston. It was not a ticket. So, while were here, and theyre going to run across the jumbotron, lets make it a place where we break a sweat. So, me, how do I define success? Well, those people, those places, those things, stop giving them your time and energy. Yes, it is. It was awesome. For example, I need this film to be a box office success. So we shouldnt be surprised, we are the trickiest mammal walking the planet!! A lot of people looked up to him. Do yourself a favor, make the choices, the purchases today that pay you back tomorrow. Matthew McConaughey: (13:21) And all I can see is whats in front of me.. Matthew McConaughey: (01:20) Not only on this trip but in this life. March 2, 2014. You are not yet over it and get on with it. I hate that line going down the front of my jeans. DONT LEAVE CRUMBSand the beauty of delayed gratification. It is more realistic than ideal. "My experience in workeven going to work with Scorseseis that people always think there's some magic trick. You already liked that one. We got fatherhood, we got being a good husband, we got my health, mind, body and spirit, we got career and we got friendships. The Oilers lost that game, they beat themselves. All right, its way up here in the black. I dressed, made some tea and I went for [inaudible 00:40:51] destination Machu Picchu but rather to nowhere in particular. Actor Matthew McConaughey made an impassioned speech at the White House reflecting on the mass shooting that occurred in his hometown of Uvalde, Texas. In 2015, Academy Award winner Matthew McConaughey gave the commencement address at University of Houston. Lets admit it, money is king today, makes the world go round. Speech-to-Text live streaming for live captions, powered by the worlds leading speech recognition API. So I try to measure these five things each day. You want to ask her out or you want to ask him out, but you fear that he or she may say no. Knowing who we are is hard. We received it, we personalized it, we internalized it. Matthew McConaughey: (16:11) It is success. But unbelievable? And while Im not here to discourage you, or in any way, belittle your accomplishments tonight, which Id like to applaud that one more time. Matthew McConaughey: (33:42) I was nervous before I got here to speak tonight. Its hard. From can to want. And then you got to move on. NOTHING we do is unbelievable. Traveling towards immortal finish lines, we write our own book. Wooderson has better things to do like liking those high school girls, man, because I get older and they stay the same age. Or how about that bar we keep going to that we always seem to have the worst hangover from? That was some extra incentive for me to come. But if we stay in process, within ourselves, in the joy of the doing, we will never choke at the finish line. Matthew McConaughey: (04:10) I shook hands with myself, my best friend, the one were all stuck with anyway. Shit again. But we all want to succeed, right? Or choosing not to hook up with that married woman because you know youre going to feel horrible about it tomorrow, and your husband carries a gun. The Academy award winner attended the University of Houston graduation tonight to deliver his $135,000 speech. A blue ribbon, a statue, a score, a great idea, the love of our life, a euphoric bliss. Calculate how much it costs to transcribe, caption, or subtitle your content. Its because we have created a fictitious ceiling, a roof, to our expectations of ourselves, a limitwhere we think its all too good to be true. Who are we to think we dont deserve or havent earned these gifts when we get them? Thank you for having me. Sometimes we do not like what we see. In a mere 2 quarters defensive coordinator Jim Eddy went from being called DC OF THE YEAR and the man first in line to be a HC next year to a man without a job in the NFL. Matthew McConaughey: (06:31) I thought about what you would WANT. You know what I mean, fumbled at the goal line, stuck your foot in your mouth once you got the microphone, had a brain freeze on the exam you were totally prepared for, forgot the punch line to a joke in front of four thousand graduating students at a University of Houston Commencement speech? Im talking about the YOU versus YOU obligations. Teachers, mentors, the government and laws, they all give us guidelines for which to navigate this life. And I got sick. People are telling me Im good at what Im doing. And yes, most things are more rewarding when you break a sweat to get them back. The answer, you know, its always right there. I put myself in a place to receive the truth. Short and sweet or long and salty? Matthew McConaughey - This Is Why You're Not Happy. University of Houston 2015 Commencement Speech. Lost the mental edge the entire second half and voila, they lost. I believe the truth is all around us, all the time. You see, I crossed a truth that morning. Its not fair, it never was, it isnt now, it wont ever be. The late and great University of Texas football coach Daryl Royal was a friend of mine and a good friend to many. But what IS happiness? But there ain't no denying that he's a bit weird. In fact, 13 has been a pretty lucky number for me and I want to tell you how. What about the other side of unbelievable? Matthew McConaughey: (39:59) Knowing who we ARE is hard. Its not a choice, not a response to some result, it is a constant. It is just as important where we are not as it is where we are. The stuff that tastes so good going down, it makes us feel like crap the next week, we feel lethargic and we keep putting on weight. You ever choked? Not the lowered insurance rate for a good driving record, you will not be fined or put in jail if you do not gratify the obligations I speak ofno one else governs these but you. As soon as we become LESS IMPRESSEDand MORE INVOLVED with these things, the sooner we get a whole lot better at doing them. Rules to abide by in the name of accountability. Fact. Dont try to make it that way. We have to have them. I dont. I thought about what you would want, I thought about what you might need. It was Wooderson since 1970 Chevelle that we went to go get Aerosmith tickets in. And I got sick. Number 13. I mean, I Id even subscribe to believe that were all destined to have to do the thing that we fear the most anyway, at some point. Thats where I want to live!! Can you hear me? Matthew McConaughey: (25:08) I've suffered a stroke that set me back 18 months of my life. Life is not easy. I dont know. People Ive never met were swearing that they love me. My gut was still a bit piqued from last nights purge, yet I curiously felt pretty good: alive, clean, free, light. Dont leave crumbs and the beauty of delayed gratification. Matthew McConaughey: (05:11) It tastes sweet but you will get cavities tomorrow. Think about it. Transcribe your audio files to find high-impact insights in minutes. So, Im going to talk to you about some things Ive learned along my journeymost from experience, some I heard in passing, many Im still practicing, but ALL of them, true. Joy is the feeling that we have from doing what we are fashioned to do, no matter the outcome. RESIDUALS. Why? Personally, Ive read a whole lot of my bad reviews. Matthew McConaughey: (24:12) Matthew McConaughey - Actor & Producer I'm going to talk to you about some things that I've learned in my journey. Look, were going to make mistakes. But, we all want to succeed right? Like a 21 day fast from attention, from all the things I have in my well appointed life. Yes. There, in my path. !meaning you are light in Spanish. The time it takes to disconnect from the world that we just left and become completely present in the one we are traveling in. No one else governs these, but you. I think it found me. Define success for yourself. Matthew McConaughey: (15:13) Matthew McConaughey has lived a life of great success, a life many would dream about living. Or maybe they started thinking about the next opponent in the playoffs at halftime. Give your obstacles credit. What was this all about? All rights reserved. We try our best. Take the lid off the man made roofs that we put above ourselves and always play like an underdog. I shouldnt have been there. Come on. Dont get all macho and act like theyre no big deal, and dont get paralyzed by denying they exist and therefore abandoning your need to overcome them. High Tech Videos. Oscars 2014: Jared Leto Oscar Winning Acceptance Speech. Why they beat themselves? The Oilers were up 28-3 at half time, 35-3 early in the third. People said I was good at it, they were writing me a check for $325 a day. So, how do we know when we cross the truth? Translated on-screen subtitles for videos. Well in 1996, right after I got famous from the film I did call the time to kill, I headed out on one of these 21-day walkabout, and this time to the jungles in the mountains of Peru. As McConaughey read from his prepared remarks, he spoke to the nation not as a slick Hollywood actor but as a father, a man of God, a gun owner, a Texan a native son of Uvalde and, most . So lets flip the script. Matthew McConaughey helped make graduation a little extra special for the 2020 class at the Urban Assembly School for Emergency Management by stepping in to deliver a virtual commencement speech . What are crumbs? They come in the form of regret, guilt, and remorseyou leave em today, they will cause you more stress tomorrow, and they DISALLOW you from creating a customized future in which you DO NOT have to look over your shoulder. 13. And the Oscar-winning actor did not. As much because he felt so disrespectful to Coach Royal, and as much because hed obviously gotten too comfortable with the drug to even hide as well as he should. Forgot the punch line to a joke in front of 4,000 graduating students at the University of Houston commencement. Well, the next day, Larry went to coachs house. He used to run over the goal line, through the end zone and up the tunnel. And since we are the architects of our lives, lets study the habits, the practices, the routines we have that lead to and feed our success our joy, our honest pain, our laughter, our earned tearsLets Dissect THAT and give thanks for THOSE things and when we do that what happens? [inaudible 00:07:00]. You didnt pay that guy back the money you owed him and tonight you just saw him sitting 3 rows behind youshitYou slept around on your spouse and you just found out that tomorrow, she and the lady youre having an affair with, are going to be at the same PTA meetingshit again You drank too much last night and youre too hungover to drive your son to his 8 a.m. Saturday morning baseball practice. Coach listened as he always had and when Larry finished his story and was about to walk away, Coach Royal put a gentle hand on his shoulder and very discreetly said, Larry, you got something on your nose there bud. Larry immediately hurried to the bathroom mirror where he saw some white powder he hadnt cleaned off his nose. Turn the page, get off the ride. One was a musician named Larry. Now at this time in his life Larry was in the prime of his country music career, had #1 hits and his life was rollin. You guys and girls, and young men and women are the reason Im here. There's no magic trick.". Hence, to be happy, we should lessen the burden of desires and expectations. Matthew McConaughey Motivational Speech Transcript, Congressional Testimony & Hearing Transcripts. I got to go to church, remember to say thank you more often or something. Its because we have created a fictitious ceiling, a roof, to our expectations of ourselves. And yes, most things are more rewarding when you break a sweat to get em. Im settling into camp. Make the choices, the purchase TODAY that PAYS you back TOMORROW. Now, what happens when we get that feeling? Your answer may change over time and thats fine, but do yourself this favor: WHATEVER your answer is, DONT CHOOSE ANYTHING THAT WILL JEOPARDIZE YOUR SOUL. And by the end of the shoot those 3 lines had turned into over 3 weeks work and it was Woodersons 70 Chevelle we went to get Aerosmith tickets in. Bad ass. So how do we know when we cross the truth? Your browser is out of date. To be famous? And I noticed two scenes that I really shouldnt have been in. Well, I did NOT want it there. It is not. These are your personal Jiminy Cricket, and there are not enough cops in the entire world to police them. Now, at this time in his life, Larry was in the prime of this country music career. I stared. The crumbs Im talking about are the choice we make that make us have to look over our shoulder in the future. Here he shares his greatest life lessons in one of the best commencement speeches ever, at the University of Houston. Transcribe Your Own Content Try Rev and save time transcribing, captioning, and subtitling. So I stripped down to nothing. Matthew McConaughey: (23:16) Humility is not vogue anymore. How about the other side of unbelievable? I hate that line going down my jeans! I got to recalibrate. Matthew McConaughey gave a hilariously over-the-top speech to Texas football. And that college degree in 93 did not mean much. Speech-to-Text API for pre-recorded audio, powered by the worlds leading speech recognition engine. Its on you. The jungle floor in front of me was actually thousands of butterflies there in my path. I asked myself. Make your content more accessible to people with disabilities. A sugar donut or some oatmeal? 1992, I got my first job as an actor. These are the crumbs. The adventure never ends, because we are always on the way. Again, these are not societal laws and expectations that we acknowledge and endow for anyone other than ourselves. It was not a voucher. Whether thats prayer, meditation, a walkabout, being in right company, a road trip, whatever it is for you. But I am here to talk brass tacks. Remember Darrell Royal? I dont know, I think it found me. I dont get em. Most from experience, some of them I heard in passing, many of them Im still practicing, but all of them I do believe are true. So turn the page, get off the ride. Well, it was the night of the twelfth day of my 21-day trip. These are not the lowered insurance rates for a good driving record. Think about it. Larry confessed. Matthew McConaughey: (43:00) You graduated. Three lines, three days work, in a film called Dazed and Confused. Along a muddy path on this walk, I turned a corner. It is considered one of the best motivational speeches of all time. 5. It may be spectacular, phenomenal, most excellent and outstanding but unbelievable? I had this sweet little adobe guest house on the edge of the Saguaro National Park. Matthew McConaughey - Acceptance Speech - Oscars 2014. Mom and dad, since we were young, they teach us things as children. The easiest way to dissect success is though gratitude. So I stripped down to nothing. I let go of the guilt, the weight on my shoulders lifted, my penance paid, and I got back in good graces with God. And at one particular party after a bathroom break, Larry went confidently up to his mentor Darrell, and he started telling him a story. In 1995, I got my first big paycheck as an actor. You see, happiness demands a certain outcome, it is result reliant. Did I deserve all this? The first step is usually, I know who I am not. You just did it. More money? I know thats what I want to live. Can you hear me? And while nobody throws you a party when you abide by them, no ones going to arrest you when you break them either. Even when it means having more, be discerning, choose it, because you WANT it, DO IT because you WANT to. Or that computer screen that keeps giving us an excuse not to get out of the house and engage with the world and get some HUMAN interaction? Youve just completed your scholastic educational curriculum in life, the one that you started when you were five years old in kindergarten up until now, and your future may not be any more clearer than it was five years ago. Just because you CAN? Nah Its not a good enough reason to do something. Matthew McConaughey: (30:56) Take that daily tally. published May 16, 2015 Matthew McConaughey stopped by University of Houston yesterday to deliver a commencement address to the university's graduating class. One was in high school in the early 1970sa time when a high school GED got you a job and college degree was exemplary. Matthew McConaughey Quotes on Passions, Emotions, and Career. He purged his sins to Coach. The first step that leads to our identity in life is usually NOT I know who I am, but rather I know who I AM NOT. Process of elimination. Matthew McConaughey is known for many things. Now, in rewatching the film, (and youll agree if you know Wooderson), he was not a guy who would ever say, later, and then COME BACK to see if you were sure you didnt wanna come with him.. No, when Wooderson leaves, Woodersons gone, he doesnt stutter step, flinch, rewind, ask twice, or solicit, right? See, Joy is always in process. Again, it just happens and it happens every day. Well, a few years ago I was watching the film again and I noticed two scenes that I really shouldnt have been in. Speaking to some 4,000 graduates, he shared personal stories and lessons he hoped would . Because you just eliminated the whos, the wheres, the whats and the when that were keeping you from your identity. You hear me? Yeah, the Bills won, but they didnt really beat the Oilers. When we humans under perform or act OUT of character? Say your obstacle is fear of rejection. Now we cannot rush this part, it does take time. So I got a friend over one Friday night, were having a good time and Im telling her about how happy I am with my setup. Tend to our garden, keep the things that are important to us in good shape. I was embracing only what was in front of my eyes and giving everything that justice that it deserved. You are going to make mistakesown them, make amends, and move on. Tee yourself up. Its something else. In these columns were all these vials of these magic potions, right? I dont think so.. Again, it just happened, and it happens everyday , NOTHING we homosapien earthlings do is unbelievableone thing you can depend on people beingis people. "The people who are really good at what they do do simple things really, really well.". I got to pick up the slack on being a better husband. We can learn from them too, but only if we look at them constructively, as a means to reveal what we are good at, what we can get better at, what we do succeed at. Okay. And we have more to dissect. He does not stutter step, flinch, rewind, ask twice or solicit. We tense up, we have this sort of outer body experience where we are literally seeing ourselves in the third person. He was ashamed. Un-be-lievably stupid word. Don't try to make it that way. Number seven. Congratulations class of 2015. You know Im talking about? 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