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" In school, I always had to work harder than others. "

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" I am the American Dream. "

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

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

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

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

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

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

" 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 just don't like making mistakes. "

" I have a goal of being the No.1 pizza company in the world. "

" 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. "

" When you have built a $3 billion company out of a broom closet, I think you are entitled to a nice house. "

" 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. "

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

" Daddy was fun-loving and lighthearted - he lived life to the fullest and was not scared to take a risk. "

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

" At 22, I had something I loved to do - make pizza - and something I was good at: running a business. "

" 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 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.' "

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

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

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

" My wife's a redneck, and she loves a muscle car. "

" I didn't like the bar business. "

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

" 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. "

" With a head coach, you make a mistake and learn. With a king, you make a mistake and get your head bitten off. "