John Schnatter

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

— John Schnatter

I just don't like making mistakes.

— John Schnatter

Sales went crazy when we made the pizza perfect.

— John Schnatter

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

— John Schnatter

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

— John Schnatter

You have to make mistakes to get better. I used to make a mistake, and I kind of get down on myself.…

— John Schnatter

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

— John Schnatter

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

— John Schnatter

I just like building stuff.

— John Schnatter

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

— John Schnatter

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

— John Schnatter

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…

— John Schnatter

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

— John Schnatter

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

— John Schnatter

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

— John Schnatter

It was Labor Day weekend in 1983, and Dad hired me to run Mick's Lounge, a bar he co-owned, for $200 a…

— John Schnatter

I didn't like the bar business.

— John Schnatter

The original goal for Papa John's was to make $50 grand a year and have $50 grand in the bank so I…

— John Schnatter

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

— John Schnatter

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

— John Schnatter

NFL leadership has hurt Papa John's shareholders.

— John Schnatter

Sometimes you have to get rid of something that's good, and tinker with something that's better.

— John Schnatter

I never said that. The fact is we are going to open over hundreds of stores this year and next and increase…

— John Schnatter

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

— John Schnatter

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

— John Schnatter