Quotes from John Schnatter

NFL leadership has hurt Papa John's shareholders.

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.

Companies like Papa John's are largely a collection of small independent businesses.

I didn't like the bar business.

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

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.

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

I just like building stuff.

Sales went crazy when we made the pizza perfect.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Getting big is just a byproduct of getting better.

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.'