The music reminds me of something you might hear in a gift shop at some kind of cabin resort.
--NBC, free dance, U.S. Nationals, January 27, 2024

(on music chosen by U. S. dance team Caroline Green and Michael Parsons)

I wish my coach would have danced along to my performances.

[Terry Gannon: Yelling doesn't count?]

No, yelling does not count as dancing, Terrance. Maybe in your sport, but not ours.

--Olympic Channel, Rostelecom Cup, pairs short program, broadcast December 1, 2021

(after watching the coach of Russian pair Daria Pavliuchenko and Denis Khodykin dance as they skated)

 Like the dance of an elegant snow crane.

--Olympic Channel, Rostelecom Cup, men's short program, broadcast November 29, 2021

(on the skating skills of Canadian skater Roman Sadovsky)

I hope I don't cross her because she has a lot of big cats that she could sic on me.  

--EW.com, "Johnny Weir won't cross Carole Baskin on DWTS: She has 'big cats that she could sic on me,'" by Rosy Cordero, September 9, 2020  

(on Carole Baskin, founder of Big Cat Rescue, featured in the Netflix docuseries Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness. She and Johnny Weir will both compete on the upcoming season of Dancing with the Stars.)

Ruffles are no longer relegated to a bag of chips or the stage of the Bolski, they're making their way to the runway and the Kentucky Derby.
--NBCSN, The Kentucky Oaks broadcast, May 4, 2018
(on a fashion trend)

At the banquets, it’s rare for the skaters to get very drunk. Usually the banquets are time spent between the whole skating family, coaches, judges and federation officials, so drunken dance-offs would be pretty inappropriate. The drunken dance offs happen in the hotel rooms once all the old people go to bed. 
--thegeekiary.com, "An Interview with Johnny Weir: His Thoughts on ‘Yuri on Ice’," by Angel, December 15, 2016
(comparing a scene in the anime series "Yuri on Ice" with actual figure skating events)

[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

It's all about the hip action when you're dancing, so football players, you make sure you use those hips.
--NBC, Super Bowl XLIX Pregame, February 1, 2015
(advice to football players about their celebratory dances)

Working hard! 300 crunches, 60 emails, one quick underwear dance to "Bad Romance", hardcore exfoliation, bed.
--Twitter, November 13, 2014

Sometimes you fall down. It's how you stand up that matters more. Keep on dancing. #BadRomance
--Twitter, June 19, 2014

To Kori Ade, skating coach and winner of the USG "Building Dreams Award," and figure skater Jason Brown:

Thank you both for bringing River Dance back to America.
--NBCSN, Best of U.S. Award Show, broadcast April 7, 2014, live taping April 2, 2014
(Jason Brown's 2013-14 free skate was to music from River Dance)

I wish you all health, love, and abounding success in the New Year.

I also wish for a simpler dance craze: think “Macarena 2014.”
---fcnp.com, "Johnny’s World: A Year in Review," January 2, 2014

Is there a certain body type necessary to "twerk" properly? Is it possible to accidentally "twerk"? Do they "twerk" on @DancingABC? #teachme
--Twitter, October 8, 2013

I have a puddle in my seat.
--Bravo, Kathy, Season 2, February 28, 2013 
(expressing his approval of Carmen Electra's pronunciation of "grande jeté")

Really, when it comes down to it, if you’ve chosen a whole cast of people, and the last spot is open [and] you’ve got Johnny Weir…That’s all good, but that will be easily trumped by somebody else who would be more outrageous on the show. Like if it was between me and Lindsay Lohan for the last spot. Obviously you want to see Lindsay Lohan dancing in that ankle bracelet.
--EW.com, "Johnny Weir on 'Closet Confessions' and possible 'Dancing With the Stars' future: 'I think it would be great if I won and Evan [Lysacek] wasn't able to win'" by Breia Brissey, June 29, 2010
(on being picked to appear on Dancing With the Stars) 

I so respect anyone who has created light in a world of darkness. coco chanel, pushkin, nureyev...
--Twitter, June 29, 2010 (Bluefly chat)

Blogger's note: capitalization as in original tweet.

Dancing on a floor, it's nothing like skating. I have no rhythm. I'm like Wonder Bread I'm so white.
--Logo, Be Good Johnny Weir, Season 2, Ep.10

As Viacheslav Romanov:
Johnny have meeting with disco diva Doriana Sanchez. She is breast friend of Cher. Oooooh!
--Logo, Be Good Johnny Weir, Season 2, Ep.8

Jersey Turnpikin' it, girl. 
--Logo, Be Good Johnny Weir, Season 2, Ep. 8 
(to friend Nico as he gives her a skating lesson)

Blogger's note: "Jersey Turnpike" is a dance move in which a girl bends over, puts her hands on the floor, and grinds her butt against her partner.

Now I understand why the ladies of Manhattan prance, flip and dance on their sky high Christian Louboutins, it's because, like the divers, they want the gold.
--people.com, "Johnny Weir Blogs: Focus on Olympic Talent, Not Scandal" by Johnny Weir, August 5, 2012