50 Quotes by John Schnatter

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.

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

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.

Sales went crazy when we made the pizza perfect.

I am the American Dream.

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.

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.

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.