Quotes from John Schnatter

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

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.

You've got to have free markets with limited government, with the proper amount of regulation where you don't jam entrepreneurship.

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.

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

I just don't like making mistakes.

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 realized the world spins without me having to spin it.

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

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

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

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

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

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

I am the American Dream.

I love my business. I love my employees.

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?'