How lucky my life is that I have two arms, and two legs, and ten fingers with which to make things out of wood.

I'm enjoying the opportunity that Parks And Recreation affords me to exploit my own soapbox agenda, which is to try to encourage people to make things with their hands.

I grew up in a small town in Illinois, and my dad was a basketball coach. Thanks to him, I have excellent fundamentals in both basketball and baseball.

I have a wonderfully hedonistic appetite, and if I wasn't really strict with myself, I'd weigh 300 pounds. I'm not good with moderation.

If I had more time, I'd watch more woodworking or home-improvement shows, but, not enough hours in the day.

If your shirt isn't tucked into your pants, then your pants are tucked into your shirt.

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Don't teach a man to fish and you feed yourself. He's a grown man, fishing's not that hard.

Follow your gut, make a choice, and throw yourself into it. If you make a mistake, then you have merely afforded yourself a valuable lesson.

If properly dried and trimmed, New York-style pizza could be used to make a box for Chicago-style pizza.

If you want to be happy in life, consider yourself a student. Every day of your life, think: how can I improve?

Figure out what you love to do, then figure out how to get paid to do it.

The word "genius" isn't applicable in football. A Genius is a guy like Norman Einstein.

I am what I am... but for the first time in my life, I'm sorry for it.

I will not change just to court popularity.

Perhaps one never seems so much at one's ease as when one has to play a part.

I always say that you are who you are and you can't hide it.

Theater will always be my first love. The time and dedication that goes into the rehearsal process with the cast and crew is something that TV/Movie acting does not offer.

We approach closer and closer to socialism.

Nine times out of ten, when you extend your arms to someone, they will step in, because basically they need precisely what you need.

A masterful retreat is itself a victory.

You get up early in the morning and you work all day. That’s the only secret.