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.

Saturday, May 26, 2012

I don't believe it promotes anything except the technical aspects of figure skating. This system really is the downfall of figure-skating being a beautiful sport to watch. Now everything is done as a math problem.
--washingtonpost.com, "Skating's Johnny Weir Laments Scoring System" by Liz Clarke, October 16, 2008 
(on the Code of Points scoring system)
Posted by Nancy Knisley at 6:58 PM
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