Quotes from Matthew McConaughey


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I like the city. I like the concrete. I like big business. I like being a CEO of my own company and having a lot of responsibilities. At the same time, when I can go off with a backpack or off on a surfboard or even off on a run somewhere in the woods - that's where I'm really happy.


A coach, especially at a college level - much more at a college or high school level, than at a pro level - you're more of a teacher than an actual coach.


We have a big appetite for putting people down but, at the heart of everyone, there's enough room for all of us to succeed.


We dissect failure a lot more than we dissect success.


When you have good friends you've been around, every time they talk, you don't give them your full attention. You don't look them in the eye and stop. Half the time, you're listening, half the time, you are ignoring them.


Sure, I can get a little bit jealous. The good part about jealousy is that it comes from passion. It's also the dangerous part and it's an ugly emotion that hurts.


I love having my hands in the dirt. It is never a science and always an art. There are no rules. And if it comes down to me versus that weed I'm trying to pull out of the ground that doesn't want to come out? I know I'll win.


There's a difference in thinking you are a champion and knowing that you are.


My life is the road, man. I need to keep moving.


Man who invented the hamburger was smart; man who invented the cheeseburger was a genius.


The unsaid rule for living in a trailer park is: 'If the door's shut, don't come a-knockin.' But if it's open and you're walkin' by, feel free to say, 'Hello.'


When I see grace in a woman, that's very sexy. You can tell by how someone moves or their rhythm.


There aren't many things that are universally cool, and it's cool not to litter. I'd never do it.


The challenge for me as an actor is if you become a celebrity, you don't meet strangers anymore. And strangers are where we have our anonymity. And I believe it's essential for the soul to be anonymous, especially if you're going to be an actor.


I'm a golfer, and what are the two sports you can do till you drop? Golf and surfing. They're great for you limber-wise, they're great for you health-wise, and they put you in sweet locations.


Life is a series of commas, not periods.


I've never been a manipulator, even in my bachelor days. I never wanted to do things to people that could catch up with me later on.


The male is always the pawn in a romantic comedy. Come together, break up, go chase her, get her, roll credits. That's what happens in all of them.


A creep is someone who claims he's one thing but he's actually another.


I have my own vocabulary. I love linguistics. That surprises people.