When I was traveling, well, I had a short Russian woman that was constantly yelling at me...and she would help me stick to my diet. And she would bring me coffee, and she would do that thing where we're sitting together in a restaurant...and she would be looking at the menu with her glasses half down, she'd have all her diamonds on and, you know, her hair all done, and she'd go [Johnny mimics Galina's accent] "Johnnyk, I think salad and chicken." And it never changed no matter where we were. [Johnny mimics Galina again] "Johnnyk, lovely chicken and green salad with vinegar. Perfect." But then she'd back it up, and she'd go, "You look so good. You look beautiful. You have no butt anymore, and you look great. Quad--nothing." And then she'd do a little dance, and she'd make me feel really good about myself.
 --The Johnny Weir Perspective training seminar, Chiller Easton Ice Rink, Columbus, OH, June 19, 2011