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, April 18, 2012

I spend about 24 hours of my life thinking about or actually living on a giant ice cube that I'm falling down repeatedly on, that I'm sweating on, that I'm crying on. It's just as much of a sport as anything else. I hate when people don't believe figure skating is a sport and they want to watch hockey or football, because all those guys, they have a whole team around them, they've got all these pads on. 

I go out there in a spandex, velvet, rhinestone-encrusted costume, no pads, and I fall. I have no teammates to comfort me, I just have a very stern Ukrainian coach sitting next to me afterward.
--nbcolympics.com,Vancouver 2010, athletes: Johnny Weir, "Q&A"
Posted by Nancy Knisley at 4:11 PM
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