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

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

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

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

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

" If the people buying the pizza are happy, they'll probably buy the pizza again. "

" I didn't like the bar business. "

" I am the American Dream. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" I just don't like making mistakes. "

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

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

" 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?' "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

" I just like building stuff. "

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