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" I found something I loved to do when I was 15 - making pizzas. "
John Schnatter
Loved
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" Find something you love to do. Work it to the bone. And you'll be successful. "
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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 love my business. I love my employees. "
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" Better ingredients, better pizza - it's not a slogan. It's a way of life. "
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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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Facts
Better
" 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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" 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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Me
" 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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You
Think
" Daddy was fun-loving and lighthearted - he lived life to the fullest and was not scared to take a risk. "
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Scared
Take
Risk
" I just like building stuff. "
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Just
Building
Stuff
" NFL leadership has hurt Papa John's shareholders. "
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Leadership
Shareholders
NFL
" The board gets upset because I won't take a raise, but I've got plenty of money. "
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Raise
Upset
Take
" Pizza's actually healthy for you if you don't eat too much of it. If you eat one or two slices, it's very nutritious. "
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Eat
You
Two
" 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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Coach
You
Mistake
" 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. "
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Special
Partnership
Heart
" When you start off broke - and we weren't broke, we were negative broke - you never forget that. You stay appreciative. "
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Negative
Start
Stay
" I had this dream of starting a pizza business since college. I came up with the name, menu, and recipes back then. "
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Dream
Business
College
" In 1991, I didn't have $2,000 to go on vacation. "
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Go
Vacation
" I don't condone racism. I don't condone prejudice. "
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Prejudice
Condone
Racism
" As long as our quality and company continue to get better, by nature, we will get bigger. "
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Better
Long
Quality
" I didn't like the bar business. "
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Business
Bar
Like
" America in 2016 is on the path to becoming what Germany was in 1867. "
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Germany
Path
America
" I bombed the LSAT and quickly discovered that law school wasn't for me. "
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Law
School
Me
" I just don't like making mistakes. "
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Just
Mistakes
Like
" In school, I always had to work harder than others. "
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Always
Had
" Companies like Papa John's are largely a collection of small independent businesses. "
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Small
Collection
Independent
" If you don't take care of the people doing the heavy lifting, they will burn your castle down. "
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You
People
Doing
" We don't promote or advocate people eating a whole pizza. "
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Advocate
Pizza
Whole
" 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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