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" I buried my dad on a Thursday and showed up for work on Friday. "
John Schnatter
Friday
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" 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. "
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" I will not allow either my good name or the good name of the company I founded and love to be unfairly tainted. "
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" We don't promote or advocate people eating a whole pizza. "
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" You have to make mistakes to get better. I used to make a mistake, and I kind of get down on myself. And now I make a mistake, and I go, 'Okay, did you learn from this? Did you stick to the facts, and did you stick with the logic? Did you have the analytics?' "
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" If you don't take care of the people doing the heavy lifting, they will burn your castle down. "
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" I bombed the LSAT and quickly discovered that law school wasn't for me. "
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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. "
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" Getting big is just a byproduct of getting better. "
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" I realized the world spins without me having to spin it. "
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" 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. "
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" I think if there was a sharing in the ups, a sharing in the downs, the country would not be as divided. "
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" 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.' "
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" 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. "
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" Everybody wants to own quality, but quality takes time, and it takes money. "
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" With a head coach, you make a mistake and learn. With a king, you make a mistake and get your head bitten off. "
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" 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. "
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" If you are a success, you can take care of people; you can give a lot to your community. "
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" Daddy was fun-loving and lighthearted - he lived life to the fullest and was not scared to take a risk. "
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" At 22, I had something I loved to do - make pizza - and something I was good at: running a business. "
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