--- title: Matthew McConaughey Does a Power Pose That Becomes Meme description: Matthew McConaughey struck the ultimate power pose while delivering a speech to the men's basketball team at the University of Texas. canonical: https://time.com/4991379/matthew-mcconaughey-power-pose-texas-basketball/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-10-20T18:17:58.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-08T09:58:01.613Z og:title: The Internet Is Living for Matthew McConaughey's Power Pose og:description: "Let me tell y’all about the Lincoln motor company" og:url: https://time.com/4991379/matthew-mcconaughey-power-pose-texas-basketball/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt68d2e7df7f9b094f/6988e2cf7cdbac21abd5a909/matthew-mcconaughey-texas-pose.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: Matthew-McConaughey-Texas-TCU-Game og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Internet Is Living for Matthew McConaughey's Power Pose twitter:description: "Let me tell y’all about the Lincoln motor company" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt68d2e7df7f9b094f/6988e2cf7cdbac21abd5a909/matthew-mcconaughey-texas-pose.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Matthew McConaughey Nailed the Ultimate Power Pose and the Internet Is Living for It > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. ### Sources * TIME Newsletters: [time.com/newsletters](/c/time-nl-brief-2026q3/newsletters?i=b4c64421-ac98-4d13-ab82-40ef5d0804a0&cr=time-nl-brief-2026q3-v1) ## Video: 2016 Time 100 Gala: Honorees Strike Power Poses [Watch (HLS stream): 2016 Time 100 Gala: Honorees Strike Power Poses](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/fEP2VyGd.m3u8) (0:51)  _Published 2016-04-27. Guests show off their power poses on the red carpet at the 2016 Time 100 Gala._  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Oct 20, 2017 6:17 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Oct 20, 2017 6:17 PM UTC It looks like it’s time to add hype coach to [Matthew McConaughey’s](http://time.com/4648512/matthew-mcconaughey-on-kimmel/) resume. During a Tuesday appearance at the [University of Texas](http://time.com/3457598/matthew-mcconaughey-football-speech-university-of-texas/), the [Oscar winner](http://time.com/9414/oscars-2014-best-actor-prediction/) struck the ultimate power pose while delivering a speech to the men’s basketball team. The moment was captured on camera and tweeted out by the team, prompting a deluge of hilarious reactions to the actor’s savage stance. “Idk what McConaughey was saying but it must’ve been fierce af,” Twitter user [Flattop Filipino](https://twitter.com/malcham94) captioned the photo in a [tweet](https://twitter.com/malcham94/status/920403696898461698?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref%5Furl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kvue.com%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Fmens-basketball-team-receives-fierce-speech-from-actor-matthew-mcconaughey%2F484652187) that has since gone viral, earning over 193,000 likes and 58,000 retweets since Tuesday. Of course, this isn’t the first time McConaughey’s alma mater hijinks have gotten a rise out of the Internet. Following Texas’ 2016 football game against TCU, a photo of him [driving students home](http://time.com/4586114/matthew-mcconaughey-university-of-texas-safe-rides/) from campus in a golf cart made the online rounds. “Longhorns take care of each other, and it’s ‘safe’ to say Matthew McConaughey agrees,” [the student government wrote](https://www.facebook.com/UTexasStudentGovernment/posts/1180200405402621:0). “Don’t forget to use SURE Walk when traveling home late at night; you never know who might pick you up!” See some of the best reactions to McConaughey’s latest stunt below. > [](https://twitter.com/malcham94/status/920403696898461698) > [](https://twitter.com/TRILLstead/status/920747903831900161) > [](https://twitter.com/cbelmont15/status/920991191474241537) > [](https://twitter.com/cgraves10/status/920822674993147904) > [](https://twitter.com/jmtsil/status/920856013116493824) > [](https://twitter.com/SPadraigAilin/status/920823083111415808) > [](https://twitter.com/EddRudd/status/920763818313166848) > [](https://twitter.com/afwaller/status/920852997051158528) ## Transcript So in honor of tonight's event, can we see your best power pose? My best power pose. My power pose? My power pose? Power pose. Hm. I'm gonna go sing Alarm and cut a hip out, toe forward. This is my pose. I need to channel someone Who believes they're very powerful and then try and... [ MUSIC ] I think that's what, I think that's a power pose. [ MUSIC ] [ LAUGH ] I don't know who that looks like but it's a power pose. Yeah, who were you thinking of in your head. I don't know. It's someone who thinks they're really powerful, someone who's probably influential, someone who might be running for president. I don' t know, though. I think they all blur in my head. 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