There are parts of the United States where I'm still considered a subhuman; don't you think Americans should try to change our own country first? As foreign citizens, we can't change anything about the way they do things in Russia, so just being here to lend support to the people is the biggest thing we can do.
--latimes.com, "Sochi Olympics: Johnny Weir is just being his out, open self" by Bill Plaschke, February 18, 2014
(on criticism of his refusal to support a boycott of the Sochi Olympics because of Russia's anti-gay legislation)