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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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" 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. "

John Schnatter

Year

Original

Date

" I just like building stuff. "

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

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

" I am the American Dream. "

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

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

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

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

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

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

John Schnatter

Vacation

" 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. "

John Schnatter

Week

Run

" The board gets upset because I won't take a raise, but I've got plenty of money. "

" I think if there was a sharing in the ups, a sharing in the downs, the country would not be as divided. "

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

John Schnatter

Having

Spin

" 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. "

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

" Getting big is just a byproduct of getting better. "

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

" I just don't like making mistakes. "

John Schnatter

Just

Mistakes

" I pay myself three, three and half million - which is plenty of money, c'mon. "

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

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

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

" 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 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.' "

" I bombed the LSAT and quickly discovered that law school wasn't for me. "

John Schnatter

Law

School

" I didn't like the bar business. "

John Schnatter

Business

Bar

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

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