JOHN SCHNATTER

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

I am the American Dream.

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

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

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

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

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

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

I didn't like the bar business.

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

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.

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.

I love my business. I love my employees.

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

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

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

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

Sales went crazy when we made the pizza perfect.

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