Johnny Weir

Whether witty or wise, controversial or charming, shocking or silly, sweet or sassy, provocative or profound, inspiring or infuriating--or any combination of those--Johnny Weir, the three-time U.S. Champion, two-time Olympian, and World medalist figure skater, almost always says something worth quoting whenever he commentates a skating competition, makes a TV appearance, gives an interview, holds a press conference, writes, tweets, or is caught on video. His quotes needed to be collected and shared; hence this blog.

Thursday, November 18, 2010

It does stifle creativity because a lot of the interesting elements and interesting positions you can hit throughout a program aren't considered difficult if you aren't chewing on your own foot from behind your left ear.
--usolympicteam.com, "Weir expansively speaks his mind," by Kelly Whiteside and Gary Mihoces, press conference the day before men's short program, 2006 U.S. Nationals, January 12, 2006
(on then-new scoring system)

[Blogger's note: Or the skater could try this variation:]

And as far as the difficulty levels go, it's not considered difficult unless you're literally, like, chewing on your foot from behind your head.
--nbcolympics.com, "Johnny Weir: In his own words," 2006 pre-Olympics interview
Posted by Nancy Knisley at 2:37 PM
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