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 12, 2012

Once you get into a groove and you know how your body works and you know what order your jumps have to be in and how much time to breathe, it's hard to change from that. It'd be like changing from speedskating on a circular track to a zig-zag track.
--figureskatersonline.com, "Three Americans in the Olympic medal mix," February 16, 2010
(on skaters like Evgeni Plushenko and Michelle Kwan skating basically the same program every year)
Posted by Nancy Knisley at 12:35 PM
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