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.

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

(T)he free program is completely supposed to be free, and you're supposed to have your own kind of image out there, and do what you feel, and tell a story, and it's next to impossible to do anymore, unless you write the whole story out, for instance, Romeo and Juliet, on your costume.
--lifeskate.com, "Johnny Weir: Judging system is slowly killing everyone off (part 1 of 4)," transcript of January 14, 2009 media teleconference, January 16, 2009

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