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

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" As long as our quality and company continue to get better, by nature, we will get bigger. "

" I found something I loved to do when I was 15 - making pizzas. "

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

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

" I just like building stuff. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

" If you are a success, you can take care of people; you can give a lot to your community. "

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

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

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

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

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

" America in 2016 is on the path to becoming what Germany was in 1867. "

" 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.' "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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?' "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I just don't like making mistakes. "

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