I believe in pleasing yourself first, naturally, so I am not out looking for role models or to be a role model. I think people need to make their own mistakes, learn from them and grow, and there's nothing that a pop star, figure skater, politician or terrorist can do to help you through those times or teach them the meaning of life.
--figureskatersonline.com/johnnyweir, Johnny Weir Online, questions & answers, January/February 2006

Men in rhinestones are the norm, but I guess I just take it over the top.
--Be Good Johnny Weir, "The Future is Mine," Season 1, Ep. 9
(on not being asked to tour with Stars on Ice)

Nobody should be ashamed of anything. You live your life, other people will live theirs. Being gay, being black, being jewish, being fat or thin is nothing to be ashamed of. If you're you and truthfully you, then you only have things to be proud of. Never let small minded people or people uncomfortable with themselves challenge your identity.
--figureskatersonline.com/johnnyweir, Johnny Weir Online, questions & answers, July 2006


Blogger's note: "jewish" as in original answer

Competing is exciting and it’s fun, you put on the costume and the makeup, but this is it. This is ice skating, in practice rinks. In practice, we cry, we get pissed off, we kick walls, we spit, we punch things. But people never see that, because when we’re on the ice, we’re glittery snow angels.
--phillymag.com, "Johnny Drama" by Amy Strauss, December 20, 2007

With a giant can of Pledge, I may even spring for Windex as well.
 --ESPN.com, "Weir: 'Audience reaction was my gold medal'" by Jim Caple, February 19, 2010
(post-Olympic free skate comment)
(on what he would do to celebrate his 2010 Olympic free skate performance)

I've never whined. I wasn't the one who falls dancing and gets a concussion and breaks toes and has hip replacement surgeries. If anyone whines, it's definitely Evan.
--People.com, "INSIDE STORY: Evan Lysacek and Johnny Weir 'At War'" by Lorenzo Benet and Rennie Dyball, April 30, 2010

I think if you really love somebody, it's not going to just fade away because you're gone for a little while. It's just something that will always be there, and always you can feel the love coming to you, and you can always give love back. 
--Salon.com, "Iceboy cometh" by Dana Vachon, March 16, 2005

He was sort of the Perez Hilton of figure skating.
--wgnradio.com, "Brian Noonan talks with Johnny Weir from Skating with the Stars," November 26, 2010
(on Dick Button)

Tara is a creative soul. Tara has no time to put things back in the place where they go. So, for the most part, unless she's entertaining, you know, it's kind of Wichita after a tornado.
--Be Good Johnny Weir, "Putting the Johnny in Johnny," Season 1, Ep. 4, Outtake 4
(about agentress Tara Modlin's apartment)

I am never sure if what I'm wearing is good or not, but that's the fun thing about fashion. One day you're fashion roadkill and the next what you just had on is in vogue. You can never tell, that's why I'll go outside in anything.
--figureskatersonline.com/johnnyweir, Johnny Weir Online, questions & answers, April 2006

[Tara Modlin: You know the funny thing, I don't know where you wrote this, but the Japanese and the Korean people, when they write to me now, they sometimes reference "the agentress." They think that's a word.]

It sounds nicer when you add a -tress to the end. So if you work at McDonald's, you can be a McDonald'stress. It sounds so much nicer than "I work at McDonald's," does it not?
--Be Good Johnny Weir, "Putting the Johnny in Johnny," Season 1, Ep. 4, Webisode

I think Evan Lysacek is a strong, consistent skater and he is definitely somebody who is one of my top rivals. He usually does something very interesting with his choreography and his jumps are decent, so he is definitely near the top of the sport. I don't like losing to people I've previously beaten, and Evan defeated me three times last season, but in my defense I was injured the three times he beat me. I love competing against him because he is so strong, but I don't want to lose to him.
--figureskatersonline.com/johnnyweir, Johnny Weir...the official site, Q&A, May 2005

I think a star is my symbol. A star doesn't know how it got where it is, or where it is going, or even what it is, but it keeps on sparkling. That's how I like to live. No matter what, keep on shining.
--kataniye.com/johnny_weir, Johnny Weir A Rising Star, Interviews from the 2005/2006 Season (Part 3)

Figure skating is an amazing ride. It takes you from feeling like the lowest scum in the pond, like two hours ago, and now I feel like a flower growing out of the pond.
--The New York Times, "Olympics; Weir's Title Fits Like Glove After Short Program" by Juliet Macur, January 13, 2006 (remarks after 2006 National's short program)

A small child just thought I was his mother. Beyond flattered. (^•^) #someday
--Twitter, November 26, 2010

[If you were to pick one celebrity to have on [Skating with the Stars], who would you love to see come on the show?]

Christina Aguilera. Basically 'cause I just want to look at her.
--TV.com, "AMA 2010 Backstage Interview with Johnny Weir," November 21, 2010

I learned how to fence while I was in Colorado and I can say that I am happy I am a figure skater and not a fencer. It is very difficult and I kept losing because I am not such an aggressive person for the most part. I kept wanting to shield my face instead of going in for the kill. Evan Bates went diva on me and killed me.
--figureskatersonline.com/johnnyweir, Johnny Weir Online, journal, "Whirlwind," June 20, 2009

[Do you know that there is a show in Russia called "Stars on Ice" with famous Russian skaters who skate with singers and stars of show-business. Would you like to take part in such kind of show in USA?]

No I don't think so. I think shows like that are interesting, but I wouldn't want to go on TV with a partner who was just learning to skate. It would be too hard.
--figureskatersonline.com/johnnyweir, Johnny Weir Online, questions and answers, September 2006

You want a strawberry, bitch?
--Pop Star on Ice
(to Paris Childers)

That was so elegant. I totally got you channeling bunnies frolicking across...a beautiful meadow.
--ABC, Skating with the Stars, November 22, 2010
(to contestant Sean Young and partner Denis Petukhov)

That was so hot I almost sweated out my weave.
--ABC, Skating with the Stars, November 22, 2010
(to contestant Rebecca Budig)

I don't judge peoples clothes too often, mainly because I wear dead animals.
--figureskatersonline.com/johnnyweir, Johnny Weir Online, questions and answers, July 2006

Blogger's note: "peoples" as in original answer

I'm going to trust her. And if she says it's raining, and it's sunny out, I'll believe it's raining because that's the way it's supposed to be.
--Pop Star on Ice
(on coach Galina Zmievskaya)

Shakira couldn't be here tonight, so this is mine now.
--American Music Awards, November 21, 2010
(as presenter of award for Favorite Latin Music Artist after Shakira was named the winner)

Skating has taught me so much, and the one thing it's taught me is never be afraid to fall down. And that's something I apply to my life because I'm never afraid. I mean, I'm wearing heels and a dress, basically, right now, with this blazer, and I'm not afraid, even if I fall down.
--AP, "Vignettes from the American Music Awards," November 21, 2010

Take it off your head right now. We are not going to agitate the gays.
--Be Good Johnny Weir, "The Future is Mine," Season 1, Ep. 9
(to agentress Tara Modlin about the fascinator she was wearing)

Whether it's a setback or a step forward, there's always something that comes next—and that's always what I'm looking forward to.
--wsj.com, "At Out 100 Party, Celebrating Amid the Despair," November 20, 2010

I am who I am, and I don't need to justify anything to anyone.
--figureskatersonline.com/johnnyweir, Johnny Weir Online, questions & answers, January/February  2006

If you work too much and try to make things happen — whether in skating, in a relationship, or whatever — you’ll miss everything leading up to it. You’ll miss the process.
--ifsmagazine.com,"After an Olympic Roller Coaster Ride of Fame and Defamation,
Johnny Weir is Now Ready For Worlds" by Kathleen Bangs, March 16, 2006

Today I’m rocking a big curly pompadour. Some days I wear pigtails. Some days I rock a full mullet. I like to have a different look everyday. My friends are never bored.
--Los Angeles Times, All The Rage, "Johnny Weir loves Balenciaga bags, supports same-sex marriage and addresses that Kate Gosselin rumor" by Max Padilla, April 16, 2010

[What, if anything, has surprised you about this season so far?]

I am skating like sh*t.
--kataniye.com/johnny_weir, Johnny Weir A Rising Star, Interviews from the 2005/2006 Season (Part 2)

Blogger's note: "*" in original.

I feel like I express myself very well. I do everything the way I see fit and the costumes and the hair, it’s a little much for some people but for me it’s just enough.

--vancouversun.com, "U.S. figure skater Johnny Weir is ready for his close-up," by Chantal Eustace, February 19, 2010

You have done nothing since I've been home except stand up and walk.
--Be Good Johnny Weir, "Johnny on the Rocks," Season 1, Ep. 3
(to Paris Childers)

I want to be myself until the day I die.
--sports.yahoo.com, "Johnny Weir Profile Video," January 29, 2010

The world is obsessed with defining people and putting them in boxes, and I refuse. In my own small way, I'm trying to open the world to letting people just be.
--cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com, Nocturnalist, "Out, but Not Out of the Loop" by Sarah Maslin Nir, November 19, 2010

I've always been somebody that has to fall down and rise back up to learn something.
--Be Good Johnny Weir, "The Future is Mine," Season 1, Ep. 9

[Blogger's note. As happens often when Johnny Weir is quoted by different writers, there is a discrepancy in the reporting. Here are three versions of what Johnny said when commenting during the 2006 Olympics on Chinese pairs skater Zhang Dan after her horrible fall on a quad throw that injured her too seriously to continue skating immediately. After a four minute break, she and partner Zhang Hao resumed their program and went on to win the silver.]

That girl, I would buy her diamonds if I could afford it. I have no idea how she got up. It looked like the type of fall that could render somebody unable to have children. I have such respect for her for pushing through it.
--canada.com, "Plushenko in his own stratosphere" by The Edmonton Journal, February 15, 2006

I have such respect for her. I had no idea how she could get up. It looked like a fall that would render her unable to have children.
--msnbc.msn.com, "Here's Johnny," February 16, 2006

That girl, I would buy her diamonds if I could afford it. It seemed like the type of fall that could render someone unable to have children. It looked like it hurt that much.
--SFGATE.com, "We'll remember the sportsmanship--and chocolate" by Gwen Knapp, February 25, 2006

[What was it like when you first became a figure skater?]

I loved moving so fast from place to place on the ice. I also liked feeling in control of myself once I understood the delicate chemistry between ice and blade as opposed to the ice and my butt....
--kataniye.com/johnny_weir, Johnny Weir A Rising Star, Interviews from the 2005/2006 Season (Part 3)

I didn't Pledge today, but I definitely tidied up. I watched Real Housewives of Atlanta.
--ESPN.com, "Weir: 'Audience reaction was my gold medal'" by Jim Caple, February 19, 2010
(post-Olympic free skate comment)

[How will your personality -- the balls and grace -- translate into fashion when you start designing?]

I'll make a plastic dress with a fur bolero.
--figureskatersonline.com/johnnyweir, Johnny Weir Online, questions & answers, March 2006

Blow for mama....ooh, you actually got shit out.
--Pop Star on Ice, Be Good Johnny Weir, Season 1, Ep. 1
(while holding tissue so Paris Childers could blow his nose into it)

[What would be your weapon of choice?]

Rhinestone encrusted pistol.
--kataniye.com/johnny_weir, Johnny Weir A Rising Star, Interviews from the 2007/2008 Season

The day before the closing ceremonies, I left Vancouver with the feeling that I really accomplished something that will be of value to me, for the rest of my life and I can still cry thinking how proud I made myself, and my family, fans and team.
--sundancechannel.com, SUNfiltered, "Johnny Weir looks back at the Olympics: Fortius Altius Maximus," June 27th, 2010

The thing I value most in life is love.
--figureskatersonline.com/johnnyweir, Johnny Weir...the official site, Q&A, May 2005

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

Jesus is ready for Starbucks. I have spoken.
--Pop Star on Ice
(to coach Priscilla Hill and costume-maker Stephanie Handler after fitting for his 2006-2007 LP program "Child of Nazareth" costume.)

I definitely take no prisoners in my life, and I have no regrets. So, if I choose one direction and one path, that's what I'm going to stick to, regardless what I lose or gain in the process.
--theglobeandmail.com,"Olympian Johnny Weir skates a fine line" by Jeanne Beker, February 26, 2010

It’s really grinding to always play out of both sides of your mind and always be thinking what will offend people. Or what won’t. But I’m strong enough to deal with that.
--latimesblogs.com, Show Tracker, "Johnny Weir's Weird World ... we kinda love it," March 8, 2010

Let me hear you make some noise, little bitches!
--21st Annual GLAAD Media Awards, April 17, 2010
(to GLAAD Young Adults)

One second I'm talking about drugs and rhinestones and swan costumes and everyone hates it, and the next I'm wearing a horse, talking about masculinity and the merits of being pale, and of course, everyone hates it. It's hard to win in this world.
--figureskatersonline.com/johnnyweir, Johnny Weir Online, questions & answers, November 2006

All of these issues and the obstacles that you run into and the road you take, is what make you who you are.
--Be Good Johnny Weir, The Future is Mine, Season 1, Ep. 9

I have said "girl" more times tonight than I have said in my entire life.
--Logo, 2010 NewNowNext Awards, Behind the Scenes, taped June 9, 2010, broadcast June 13, 2010

I didn't say instinctively, "Oh, I need to be different." I just felt no need to conform.
--stylecaster.com, "Studio visit with Johnny Weir," video interview date July 2, 2010, posted on July 13, 2010

I love pilates. My ass is two inches higher after just one hour.
--Twitter, November 16, 2010

The film was great! I think I enjoyed it more than any other "chapter." Sexual tension all around; makes for a great family friendly movie!
--Twitter, November 15, 2010
(on Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows)

Well, Galina, they come from the mid-West, I'm sure they'll be fine with baloney and cheese.
--Be Good Johnny Weir, "Putting the Johnny in Johnny," Season 1, Ep. 4, Outtake 2
(speaking of visiting monitors from the US Figure Skating Association)

There are many quotes that I think of and live by, but the one I tell myself daily is to be yourself, and be happy because you never know when life will be over.
--figureskatersonline.com/johnnyweir, Johnny Weir Online, questions & answers, March 2006

I don’t know what’s not family-friendly about me. I have a beautiful family. My friends are my family. I have a great relationship with my parents, my grandparents and my uncles and aunts. There’s no better picture of a great family than mine. 
--Out.com, "Catching Up With Johnny Weir" by Dustin Fitzharris, July 6, 2010

With this costume, I feel like I got all the crazy stories in my head to translate into one place, into one costume, and that's sometimes hard to do when you have so many things going on in your head, and as a creative person I always am trying to find that one point in my head where I can say, "OK. Stop!"
--NBC, 2010 Olympics video, "Ask the athlete--Johnny Weir"
(on his 2007-2008 SP "Yunona I Avos" costume)

I've been pretty for four years, and I can't keep doing it and can't keep having the curled eyelashes and, you know, costumes with stuff hanging all over them.
--Skate Canada 2006, post-SP press conference
(on reason for change in programs from "pretty" to "modern")

It's really nice that we can have this minute to chill out and hash out some things, because, I mean, I can't really come to you and kick you in the cooter like I want to sometimes when you come at me with all this stuff. So it's nice that my feet were knee-deep in milk.
--Be Good Johnny Weir, "Back on Top" Season 1, Ep.7, Webisode.
(to agentress Tara Modlin)

I'm not a desperate housewife; I'm not some rich socialite moving to Arkansas to milk cows.
--tvguidemagazine.com, "Johnny Weir in the Spotlight," January 14, 2010
(speaking of Be Good Johnny Weir)

The funniest thing about winning the Visibility Award for the HRC was that I don't consider myself in any way a role model or an activist for any community. I'm an activist for myself. I'm a role model for myself.

In speaking out against people that wanted to pick every little piece of my life apart, I found that indeed I was an activist for being unique and for being yourself.
--out.com, Behind the Shoot: The Out 100 Cover Stars, video posted November 2010

My own juices, I've been told, smell nice.
--Logo, 2010 NewNowNext Awards, Behind the Scenes, taped June 9, 2010, broadcast June 13, 2010

For the short program, I wanted it to look very imaginary man/woman porn star. And I think I pulled it off.
--theglobeandmail.com, "Olympian Johnny Weir skates a fine line" by Jeanne Beker, February 26, 2010 
(on his 2009-2010 SP "I Love You, I Hate You" costume)

As Viacheslav Romanov:
Please speak like Long Island woman.
--Logo, Be Good Johnny Weir, "God Bless America," Season 1, Ep. 8
(to agentress Tara Modlin)

You are a hobbit! We've talked so much about furriness today. And not good fur. Man fur.
--sports.espn.go.com, Outside the Lines, "Johnny Weir is a Real Man" by Jim Caple, January 14, 2010
(to interviewer Jim Caple)

It took me a long time to learn how to stay centered and relaxed for competitions and exhibitions. You feel like you can't breathe, your life is going to end and you're going to pee your pants.
--figureskatersonline.com/johnnyweir, Johnny Weir...the official site, Q&A, September 2005

I’ll talk to a bush as long as it stays there and listens to me.
--lifeskate.com, Johnny Weir "Everyone has nipples," video made at Figure Skating in Harlem's Skating with the Stars, April 5, 2010

When I say it’s a little much, I mean, there are lots of rhinestones. In general, that’s what I mean.
--vancouversun.com, "U.S. figure skater Johnny Weir is ready for his close-up" by Chantal Eustace, February 19, 2010

We live our life in these uniforms, and you have to own it. You have to own your look. So that, I think's the most important thing. And I'm trying to tone it down and be a little bit more dapper and a little bit more dandy, but, you know, you can't stop me with the glitter.
--out.com, Behind the Shoot: The Out 100 Cover Stars, video posted November 2010

He'll sit in the car and wait. I'll open the windows a little bit so he can breathe.
--Pop Star on Ice
(on leaving Paris Childers in the car while meeting with coach Priscilla Hill)

It's a very macho thing to do, to make pants out of spandex.
--FashionTelevisiononCTV, FT: In Fashion--Johnny Weir, November 1, 2010
(on Evan Lysacek's planned men's sportswear line)

I think people get bored if I just keep doing heavy bird theme programs. The swan, you know, this year could have been a giant chicken.
--Skate Canada 2006, post-SP news conference

I love Snooki. She said I had a hot ass, which is great, and she touched it...I gave her a little feel.
--Logo, 2010 NewNowNext Awards, Behind the Scenes, taped June 9, 2010, broadcast June 13, 2010

[Q: What did it feel like, to become a pussy overnite (sic) and embarass (sic) the united states (sic) like you did in the finals? You couldnt (sic) come up with anything better than that? What happened to your balls man?]

A: I wasn't going to answer this question, but I wanted it posted so everyone could see an example of how "wonderful" the public is if you don't do well. I'm filled with warm fuzzies trying to imagine what it must be like to be a "pussy", embarrass my country, and to have lost my testicles somewhere in Torino. Haha people are so sweet, huh?
--figureskatersonline.com/johnnyweir, Johnny Weir Online, questions & answers, March 2006

I definitely couldn't have roomed with one of the boys.
--philly.com, Sports, "Johnny and Tanith...", January 11, 2010

I’d love to see a 6-foot-2-tall, skinny man doing a halfpipe on figure skates. That’s not figure skating. You can have a different name, but that’s not figure skating.
 --The New York Times, "Figure Skating Rivalry Pits Athleticism Against Artistry" by Alan Schwarz, March 18, 2008
(speaking of Evan Lysacek)

I remember doing an interview, and some reporter was just listening in on it and suddenly asked if I'd been brainwashed this season because I wasn't "saying crazy cuckoo things."
--goldenskate.com, "Johnny Weir: Weir Braces for a Run at National Title #4" by Kathleen Bangs, December 24, 2006

To sum up my idea of on-ice costume fashion sense, it's probably that too much is never enough.
--2010 Nationals, post-short program interview, January 16, 2010

I learned a lot actually. I have learned that I have limits being in front of a camera, especially on a bad day when I don't want to see anybody or be seen for that matter. I learned that I'm a bit more of a brat than I gave myself credit for. I was a real jerk to Priscilla [Hill] in the closing months of our relationship.

I also learned that I am a very talented figure skater, but a lazy one at that. Those moments when I was crying or slacking off could have been spent working and who knows, perhaps I'd have more than one world medal.
--ifsmagazine.com, "Johnny Weir: A Fallen Angel Rising" by Susan D. Russell and Susan Wessling, August 3, 2009
(on what he learned while filming the documentary movie Pop Star on Ice)

[Q: When people say that figure skating is not really a manly sport. What would you tell them? and why?]

When I first started figure skating, I heard this from hockey players. One day a coach yelled at his players because they were shouting at the skaters and being rude and they smelled, and the coach says, "I'd like to see all of you fall from that height in the air, wearing nothing but some spandex and glitter, get up and keep skating. You all wear pads, don't skate too much and still cry. Give me twenty push-ups." I may have varied the words a little bit, but I still remember it because it gave me the chin up against those "macho sports."
--figureskatersonline.com/johnnyweir, Johnny Weir Online, questions & answers, December 2005

I wasn't born to be the next Michelle Kwan or Dorothy Hamill. That's just not right to sort of categorize me in that group with having to inspire haircuts, and little boys who go lace up their skates. That's not why I skate.
--nbcolympics.com, "Johnny Weir: In his own words," 2006 pre-Olympics interview

So Galina is on the lookout for what I might do to piss people off. Clearly, it's something I'm really good at.
--Be Good Johnny Weir, "The Future is Mine," Season 1, Ep. 9

As Viacheslav Romanov:
Tara is wonderful lady. She has really supple...calves.

[Tara Modlin: You're very sexy.]

Thank you so much. You know I don't shave.
--Sundance Channel, Be Good Johnny Weir, "God Bless America," Season 1, Ep. 8

[ICE: You're designing your own costumes. What happens after they are designed? What's the next step?]

There is this woman named Stephanie Handler in the city. She has sewn my costumes since I was little. In the beginning she designed them, but then I started to design my own...I design them, and I take the design, and I sit down with Galina and Stephanie and we see how they can actually work on the human body, because sometimes I will draw one of those giant fruit hats coming off someone's shoulder, and you have to figure out how to put that on a body.
--icenetwork, com, "Q and A with Johnny Weir: Johnny talks about new music, his TV show, and the paparazzi" by Linda Przygodski, June 14, 2008

[Q: So are you designing a line, are we going to see Johnny Weir on Project Runway?]

Well I've been sketching for years, but I'm going to have to have someone teach me to sew. I don't have any plans on going on any reality show...ever! 
--chicagopride.com, "Interview: Johnny Weir" by Scott Foval, May 2, 2007

[Let’s play a small game. It’s about your associations. Tell me which associations you get when I say following names. Don’t think!]

[Brian Joubert]

Strong

[Daisuke Takahashi]

Elegant

[Stephan Lambiel ]

Spinning

[Evan Lysacek]

(pause)

[Don’t think, Johnny! HAHA!]
 
I think he needs to shave.

[Evgenii Plushenko]

King
--fsnews.ru, "Johnny Weir for FSNews: 'Totally addicted to figure skating and Russia,'" interview date February 28, 2007, posted March 3, 2007 

The first week that I lived alone, I slept with a kitchen knife next to my bed.
--goldenskate.com, "Weir fired up to win fourth U.S. National title" by Elvin Walker, January 17, 2008

[What is the strangest/weirdest question someone has ever asked you, Johnny?]

Someone once asked me if I was a lesbian.

[What did you reply?]

I said of course I'm a lesbian.
--skatetoday.com, "Chat Night with Johnny Weir," September 18, 2005

The short program is definitely tequila. But top-shelf tequila, not the kind that makes you want to kill yourself the next day. It's very spicy and very Latin and a little bit dirty toward the end. The free program is a very, very old vintage red wine. It's very smooth and dramatic and dark in places. Yes, I'd say tequila and red wine is this year. Bad mix, but good when they're separate.
--Time Out New York, "I, New York--Bold questions: Johnny Weir, Olympic figure skater, fashion plate on ice" by Allison Williams, Issue 746 : Jan 14–20, 2010
(on his 2009-2010 programs, "I Love You, I Hate You," and "Fallen Angel")

I do respect Evan as an athlete. And as a person, he's an acquaintance. It's not like we're best friends and we do each other's hair and go for coffee and stuff like that. We're competitors.
--USA Today, "Lysacek gets title despite tie" by Gary Mihoces, January 28, 2008

Vanya is now full grown. He started Kindergarten in September and he loves it. He gets dressed up every day for school.
--kataniye.com/johnny_weir, Johnny Weir A Rising Star, Interviews from the  2005/2006 Season (Part 2)
(on his chihuahua)

I just really like to fuck with people.
--Be Good Johnny Weir, "The Future is Mine," Season 1, Ep. 9

We just can't gay him up too much.
--Be Good Johnny Weir, "Back on Top," Season 1, Ep. 7
(to hair stylist Eric Alt about brother Brian (Boz) Weir)

I'm not going to beat anyone up or hit someone in the knee.
--nbcsport.msnbc.com, "Weir-Lysacek Rivalry Gives Skating Some Buzz," AP, January 20, 2008
(on his relationship with Evan Lysacek)

[What do you say to your critics?]

Suck it.
--vanityfair.com, VF Daily, "Vancouver 2010 Olympics Watch: Figure Skater Johnny Weir" by Marnie Hanel, February 11, 2010

I'm clearly not the most masculine person you've ever seen before, but I'm a very clear person in the figure skating world, my style is mine, and that's something that I'm proud of. I'm not like anyone else--like "Purple Pajamas." Purple Pajamas--there are like 13 of them. You know, I'm "the one." That's me.
--lifeskate.com, Pop Star on Ice starring Johnny Weir, video of Q&A after premier at NY NewFest Film Festival, July 11, 2009
("Purple Pajamas = figure skater Elvis Stojko)

[Q: Are you married?]

How much would it shock people of (sic) I suddenly came out as a closeted married man? Yeah, I have a wife and seven kids. Haha.
--figureskatersonline.com/johnnyweir, Johnny Weir Online, questions and answers, July 2007

Blogger's note: "of," not "if," in original answer

I don't generally make a habit of being friends with the people I complete against, and before Torino I didn't feel close at all to Evan Lysacek. We really connected on this trip and hit it off and I feel like I got to know him and I'm excited that I'll have a friend on the team now.
--ifsmagazine.com, "After an Olympic Roller Coaster Ride of Fame and Defamation, Johnny Weir is Now Ready For Worlds" by Kathleen Bangs, March 16, 2006

So nice running into @EvanLysacek at #SohoHouse tonight. Dapper. 

--Twitter, July 26, 2010

Evan works hard and deserved his success.
--figureskatersonline.com/johnnyweir, Johnny Weir Online, questions and answers, September 2005

I have a primarily warm relationship with Evan Lysacek. From the past few years in the media it would seem quite the opposite and through careful editing and writing the media has created a rivalry and coldness that isn't exactly true.
--figureskatersonline.com/johnnyweir, Johnny Weir Online, questions and answers, September 2009

We are at war. My claws are out.

--People.com, "INSIDE STORY: Evan Lysacek and Johnny Weir 'At War'"by Lorenzo Benet and Rennie Dyball,  April 30, 2010

[Q: I read someone's blog, and it says you and Evan are sharing hotel rooms during the tour. If it's true, do you have a good time with Evan?]

I actually room alone this year. I like to have my own space. Evan's a good guy.
--figureskatersonline.com/johnnyweir, Johnny Weir Online, questions and answers, July 2006

I have no respect for Evan Lysacek.
--People.com, "INSIDE STORY: Evan Lysacek and Johnny Weir 'At War'"by Lorenzo Benet and Rennie Dyball,  April 30, 2010

It’s no secret that Evan and I aren’t the closest of frenemies.
--Out.com, "Catching Up With Johnny Weir" by Dustin Fitzharris, July 6, 2010

Evan and I do push each other in skating. It's not that we don't get along, because we do, but we're competitors and in many ways each other's biggest rival, so would Hitler and Stalin have sat down to tea? Probably not.
--figureskatersonline.com/johnnyweir, Johnny Weir Online, questions and answers, March 2007

Evan--he's a slore.
--The Wendy Williams Show, April 28, 2010

I respect Evan, very much. I think he's a good skater with a lot of great qualities. Off the ice he's a pretty good guy. We're competitors, so it's not like I'm going to be his best friend, but I think he's a nice guy and a talented one.
--figureskatersonline.com/johnnyweir, Johnny Weir Online, questions and answers, April 2006

I was the awkward, skinny, smart, driven kid. I was an honor roll student. I spoke fluent French. I was a bit antisocial. I can't say that I had a really booming social life. 

--MTV, When I Was 17, Ep. 9, 2010

I hate that my compulsions make me clean the entire apartment, and unpack every luggage before I can sleep.
--Twitter, July 15, 2010

Can you imagine what would happen if I killed a lobster, and people found out that I killed a lobster?
--Be Good Johnny Weir, "The Future is Mine," Season 1, Ep. 9

You know what, Tara? I'm going to shove this stick so far up your cootch you're never going to want to have sex again.
--Be Good Johnny Weir, "Putting the Johnny in Johnny," Season 1, Ep. 4 

(to agent Tara Modlin)

The first environment I was ever confronted with drugs wasn't in high school, or hanging out at the mall, it was in figure skating. The federation can kid themselves all they want, but drugs are a very real thing. I may joke about them, which perhaps I should keep a lid on, but just because I'm talking about them doesn't mean everyone else in the sport isn't. They just choose to be safe, and fake in an interview.
--figureskatersonline.com/johnnyweir, Johnny Weir Online, questions and answers, January/February 2006

There was some ass-cuppage, and some fingers run down my spine, but I'm fine, I mean, it's physical contact.
--Be Good Johnny Weir, "The Future is Mine," Season 1, Ep. 9
(about GLAAD Media Awards)

I think you're asking me how determined I am to shove it up everyone's ass, how good I can be, and how hard I can come back, and I'm good at doing that.
--Be Good Johnny Weir, "Johnny on the Rocks," Season 1, Ep. 3
(to interviewer Viacheslav Romanov)

[How did Pop Star on Ice get started? How did it begin?]

So my guys over here were filming a documentary about figure skating, because it is a very interesting little...world that the sport holds. There are so many different people in it, it's kind of like a crack house...with rhinestones and glitter.
--lifeskate.com, Pop Star on Ice starring Johnny Weir, video of Q&A after premier at NY NewFest Film Festival, July 11, 2009

M. Colbert says I am dependent on fabulousness and I agree. I have a sudden urge to send him a copy of one of my costumes to wear on camera.
--Twitter, February 2, 2010

People have respected me for being an individual and thinking outside the box. I dance to the beat of my own DJ.
--dot429.com, "Johnny Weir Interview: Being Unique & Successful" by Bryan Moore, November 3, 2010

Treat yourself well, for your outside beauty needs everyday care. I think your inside beauty is nurtured by loving yourself, and it will show on the outside. As long as you believe in and love yourself, nothing but good will happen to you. You will surely be beautiful and attractive.

--an-an #1732, "Johnny Weir: 'I'm a Strong Person' " interview by Mie Furuya, Interview series: "Who’s Hot?" #52, November 10, 2010
[translated from Japanese by Akiko Nakata]

Thank you for the gifts we are about to receive, and we will always be truly thankful. And thank you for keeping Paris safe and not letting him fall into the pressures of drugs and his peers. Amen.
--Be Good Johnny Weir, "Johnny on the Rocks," Season 1, Ep. 3

I will write an autobiography when I am finished skating because there's a lot I want to say that would hurt my career at this point. I also need to skate better and become more well known if I want any kind of book sales.
--figureskatersonline.com/johnnyweir, Johnny Weir...the official site, Q&A, September 2005

Be brave. Stand up and be whoever you are and whatever you want to be. Never be afraid because there is a whole community of people who love you and accept you.

--dot429.com, "Johnny Weir Interview: Being Unique & Successful" by Bryan Moore, November 3, 2010

I feel like I am being a good ambassador for the sport. And when I hear that I'm not, or that I need to focus more on training, I need to focus more on what I'm eating, that kind of stuff, it just makes me want to throw it all away even more. 
--nbcolympics.com, "Johnny Weir: In his own words," pre-2006 Olympics interview

My costumes are never about making waves. I wear things that make me feel beautiful so I can do my best.
--People, "Ready, Set, Vancouver!" February 15, 2010

You smell like brisket.
--Be Good Johnny Weir, "Putting the Johnny in Johnny," Season 1, Ep. 4
(to agentress Tara Modlin)

I rarely actually get to go to a movie, so I'm excited for tonight. I can sit through a whole movie, no matter how gory and arm-cutty-offy-it is.
--guestofaguest.com, New York, "Johnny Weir Wants Birkin Bag, Is Rugged Outdoorsman" by Ross Kenneth Urken, November 3, 2010
(at premiere of movie 127 Hours)

I definitely want to write a book. Not about figure skating! Just about the beauty and the ugliness of figure skating. The dirt.
--thedailybeast.com, "The Outrageous Johnny Weir," by Choire Sicha, January 12, 2010

I mean, ice can be rugged, no matter if it's indoors or out. I think the most outdoorsy thing is that I stomp my way down Madison Avenue in heels.
--guestofaguest.com, New York, "Johnny Weir Wants Birkin Bag, Is Rugged Outdoorsman" by Ross Kenneth Urken, November 3, 2010

When you walk by a group of jocks, and like, they're making fun of you, in general, I'll want to turn around and say, "OK, if you want a blow job, present your penis."
--Be Good Johnny Weir, "The Future is Mine," Season 1, Ep. 9

I'm so put-together and so, like, anal-retentive about my life, when you get in the bedroom--everyone is the complete opposite when they get in the bedroom of what they are in life I feel--like it's gotta be dirty.
--Sirius OutQ 109, The Frank DeCaro Show, August 29, 2009

My ass looks gargantuan.
--Pop Star on Ice