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" I realized the world spins without me having to spin it. "
John Schnatter
Having
Me
Spin
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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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" In school, I always had to work harder than others. "
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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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" You've got to have free markets with limited government, with the proper amount of regulation where you don't jam entrepreneurship. "
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" America in 2016 is on the path to becoming what Germany was in 1867. "
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" If the people buying the pizza are happy, they'll probably buy the pizza again. "
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Buying
Buy
" If you are a success, you can take care of people; you can give a lot to your community. "
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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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Pizza
Business
" I have a goal of being the No.1 pizza company in the world. "
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" Getting big is just a byproduct of getting better. "
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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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Love
Either
" 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
" Find something you love to do. Work it to the bone. And you'll be successful. "
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Bone
Work
Successful
" 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
" 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
" We don't promote or advocate people eating a whole pizza. "
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Advocate
Pizza
Whole
" 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
" 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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Pizza
Good
Down
" I buried my dad on a Thursday and showed up for work on Friday. "
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Friday
Up
Thursday
" Better ingredients, better pizza - it's not a slogan. It's a way of life. "
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Way
Life
Ingredients
" I bombed the LSAT and quickly discovered that law school wasn't for me. "
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Law
School
Me
" Everybody wants to own quality, but quality takes time, and it takes money. "
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Quality
Everybody
Money
" 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 am the American Dream. "
John Schnatter
I Am
American
American Dream
" 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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Week
Run
Me
" I pay myself three, three and half million - which is plenty of money, c'mon. "
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Million
Three
Pay
" 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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Mistakes
Facts
Better
" Companies like Papa John's are largely a collection of small independent businesses. "
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Small
Collection
Independent
" When you have built a $3 billion company out of a broom closet, I think you are entitled to a nice house. "
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Nice
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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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Coach
You
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