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" We don't promote or advocate people eating a whole pizza. "
John Schnatter
Advocate
Pizza
Whole
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" 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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" At 22, I had something I loved to do - make pizza - and something I was good at: running a business. "
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" I buried my dad on a Thursday and showed up for work on Friday. "
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" As long as our quality and company continue to get better, by nature, we will get bigger. "
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" In school, I always had to work harder than others. "
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" 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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" I found something I loved to do when I was 15 - making pizzas. "
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" I pay myself three, three and half million - which is plenty of money, c'mon. "
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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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" 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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House
" Sales went crazy when we made the pizza perfect. "
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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
" I bombed the LSAT and quickly discovered that law school wasn't for me. "
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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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Good
You
Think
" 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
" I am the American Dream. "
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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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Me
" 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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Think
Country
Divided
" 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
" NFL leadership has hurt Papa John's shareholders. "
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Leadership
Shareholders
NFL
" Companies like Papa John's are largely a collection of small independent businesses. "
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Small
Collection
Independent
" If you are a success, you can take care of people; you can give a lot to your community. "
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Community
People
Success
" 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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Mistake
" 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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Jam
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" Getting big is just a byproduct of getting better. "
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" I have a goal of being the No.1 pizza company in the world. "
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" America in 2016 is on the path to becoming what Germany was in 1867. "
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" 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
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