I speak English; I don't speak Gayenese.
--Tara and Johnny podcast, Ep. 65: "Preparing for the Olympics," February 1, 2018
(on feeling irritated when scriptwriters prepare dialogue for him that's stereotypically gay)

I don’t have a lot of time for anything. I don’t have a personal life, I have very few friendly outings, I am constantly on an airplane and working. I’m very busy and Windex hotel rooms for fun.
--forbes.com., "Catching Up On 'Yuri!!! On Ice' With Figure Skater Johnny Weir" by Lauren Orsini, August 31, 2017

I could’ve signed with that first agency at 16 years old and completely whitewashed myself. But I would have been boring. I would have never had the career I’ve had. I stuck to my guns and we created this brand and my agency, they support me as a human being.…Being the absolute truest brand of myself has been the greatest career asset I’ve had.
--washingtonblade.com, "Branding, marketing a complicated issue for out athletes," by by T.M. Philibin, August 24, 2017
(on not signing at age 16 with a sports marketing agency which would only represent him if he hid the fact that he was gay)

My dream for us is always to have a Sonny and Cher variety moment, late night, where we just enjoy ourselves and have so much fun. 

--bigstory.ap.org, "Lipinski, Weir shine as a top pair at skating championships" by Dan Gelston, January 20, 2017 

(on Johnny's future career plans with Tara Lipinski)

We want to rule the world. We want to be Beyonce and Jay Z. Wait for our album. We want Emmys, we want Grammys, we want Oscars for our acting ability. Best documentary short. We're going to walk on the moon.
--bigstory.ap.org, "Lipinski, Weir shine as a top pair at skating championships" by Dan Gelston, January 20, 2017
(on Johnny's future career plans with Tara Lipinski)

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I have worked very hard, done amazing things with my life just the way I am and if you have an issue, go watch a football game instead of the skating. I'm a comfortably gay man and everything you see on TV is me, it's genuine. If you don't like it, go watch Bravo.
--Instagram, March 29, 2015
(part of Johnny's response to a message he had received after the World's broadcast that said in part, "I'm gay too...you are too gay for TV broadcasting. Dress appropriate, get a hair cut and don't make it a drag show. Make us proud not ashamed.")

[Nick McCarvel: Now lastly, we interviewed you in September on Icenetwork, and you told Agnes Zawadzki two careers that you would take on if you weren't a skater. Do you remember what they were?]

Um, I feel like fashion designer was one of them? No?

[Nick McCarvel: No.]

Don't...I feel like...[long pause]...stripper? No?

[Nick McCarvel: Not quite. But maybe.]

Orthodontist! I know that's gotta be a...no what did I say because I can do lots of things?

[Nick McCarvel: Physicist and astronaut.]

Certainly. Yes. You know I keep those in my back pocket. Those are things that I've already, like, accomplished, and I have worked on a little bit. So those other things I gave you were, you know, hopes and dreams. Strippin'.
--icenetwork.com, "How Much Does Johnny Weir Know About Johnny Weir?" video, Bank of America Special Olympics Showcase at Bryant Park, February 24, 2015

I think that when you are born with a talent for anything, you can really take it for granted. There were times during my career that I did that.
--International Figure Skating magazine, "Johnny Weir: Spinning in New Directions" by Susan D. Russell, December 2014
(on not working harder early in his career)

[Agnes Zawadski: If you weren't a skater, what would you be?]

Probably a physicist or an astronaut.
--icenetwork.com, "34 Questions with Johnny Weir," video, September 24, 2014

I worked for my whole life for six minutes in front of the world at the Olympics, and being gay had absolutely nothing to do with it.
--advocate.com, "The Moment Johnny Weir Cried in Sochi" by Annie Hollenbeck, November 13, 2014

If I have one regret about my career it would be that I wish that I had worked harder when I was younger.
--International Figure Skating magazine, "Johnny Weir: Spinning in New Directions" by Susan D. Russell, December 2014

My years as an amateur figure skater are over, but they live in my mind every day.
--International Figure Skating magazine, "Johnny Weir: Spinning in New Directions" by Susan D. Russell, December 2014

I am not proud of every single moment, but I am proud that I had those moments. I am proud of the titles that I won, and I am sad about the ones I lost.
--International Figure Skating magazine, "Johnny Weir: Spinning in New Directions" by Susan D. Russell, December 2014
(on his skating career)

In my life, and especially my work life, there is constant opportunity to make a fool of myself, understanding that fact is how I am able to carry on without really caring much of what anyone thinks of me.
--fcnp.com, "Johnny's World: One in a Million" June 5, 2014

It just got too hard, honestly. I had the option of choosing a happy life or to be alone for more time and completely alienate everybody and all of my friends and family once again, to diet like crazy, to get yelled at every day. It is all worth it, but there comes a time in your life when you have to decide what's next.
--online.wsj.com, "Sochi Olympics: Johnny Weir and Tara Lipinski Sparkle Off the Ice" by Betsy McKay, February 18, 2014
(on his decision to retire)

I don't think we clearly grasped how we've done because we weren't able to watch it as a broadcast. But I think for us, it was a dream. We had a lot of fun, we enjoyed each other, we found a rhythm, we found who we will be as broadcasters and we'll only get better.

I think that's all we were expecting, and everything else is beautiful, beautiful whipped topping.
--usatoday.com, "Sochi won't be last of Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir" by Nancy Armour, February 22, 2014
(on his commentating with Tara Lipinski at the Olympics)

I am open to covering everything at the Olympics. I will do golf. I will do the Summer Olympics. I will do whatever NBC asks me because I just love it.
--usatoday.com, "Here's Johnny! Weir does it with flair on NBC in Sochi" by Nancy Armour, February 17, 2014
(on enjoying his commentating job)

It will be a long time until I wake up in the morning not imagining that I’m late for practice, and in addition to never forgetting the sheer magic of giving my heart and soul to the world, I will never forget the smell of the air, the glint of the sun on the slippery surface, or the feelings I had 17 years ago on that cornfield.
--fcnp.com, "Johnny's World: The Ice" October 23, 2013
(on retiring from competitive skating)

You've got to deal with what you've got and you work with it. I may not have the most talent of any other skater in the world. I may not be Gandhi. I may not be a great person, the best person in the world. So I have to deal with who I am, and I have to deal with my life and I have to deal with my career choices and my personal choices and my life choices. Some days are good, some days are bad.
--BLADES on Ice magazine, "Johnny Weir Says What's On His Mind" by Michelle Wojdyla, September - October 2005 issue

[Joan Rivers: But now you want to go into TV.  You want to do like a Sonny and Cher show. Who do you see yourself as--Sonny or Cher?]

Both.

[Joan: Both.]

Sonny and Cher.
--E! (TV channel), Fashion Police, "Fash Fabness," March 29, 2013