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" Find something you love to do. Work it to the bone. And you'll be successful. "

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" The original goal for Papa John's was to make $50 grand a year and have $50 grand in the bank so I could get a date. "

" I had this dream of starting a pizza business since college. I came up with the name, menu, and recipes back then. "

" It was Labor Day weekend in 1983, and Dad hired me to run Mick's Lounge, a bar he co-owned, for $200 a week. The business was nearly bankrupt. But I said, 'Dad, I can fix it.' It was the most natural thing I'd ever done. It just made sense to me. "

" I will not allow either my good name or the good name of the company I founded and love to be unfairly tainted. "

" You've got to have free markets with limited government, with the proper amount of regulation where you don't jam entrepreneurship. "

" If the people buying the pizza are happy, they'll probably buy the pizza again. "

" Everybody wants to own quality, but quality takes time, and it takes money. "

" I pay myself three, three and half million - which is plenty of money, c'mon. "

" The board gets upset because I won't take a raise, but I've got plenty of money. "

" Regardless of what the minimum wage is, you really have the market wage. And if we're not taking care of our people, then we're going to lose good talent, at every level. "

" Getting big is just a byproduct of getting better. "

" I realized the world spins without me having to spin it. "

" Sales went crazy when we made the pizza perfect. "

" Companies like Papa John's are largely a collection of small independent businesses. "

" NFL leadership has hurt Papa John's shareholders. "

" I don't condone racism. I don't condone prejudice. "

" I think if there was a sharing in the ups, a sharing in the downs, the country would not be as divided. "

" I buried my dad on a Thursday and showed up for work on Friday. "

" If you don't take care of the people doing the heavy lifting, they will burn your castle down. "

" I don't think you can control people. I don't think you manage people. I think you give people a direction, you give them the resources, you lead by example. They get it right, you say, 'Atta girl.' And they get it wrong, you say, 'Not good.' "

" In 1991, I didn't have $2,000 to go on vacation. "

" Many in the media reported that I said Papa John's is going to close stores and cut jobs because of Obamacare. I never said that. "

" Better ingredients, better pizza - it's not a slogan. It's a way of life. "

" I didn't like the bar business. "

" We don't promote or advocate people eating a whole pizza. "

" When you start off broke - and we weren't broke, we were negative broke - you never forget that. You stay appreciative. "

" Pizza's really nutritious; it's good for you. You can't sit down and eat a whole carton of eggs, and you can't sit down and eat a whole pizza. "

" I am the American Dream. "

" I was born and raised in the state of Indiana, and it's where I started Papa John's, so this state and our partnership with the Pacers hold a special place in my heart. "

" I love my business. I love my employees. "