Now I know what it is to be one of those sports fans that like to cheer and bump bellies in bars. I just wanted to hug you and like slap your hand.

--USA Channel, Skate America, men's free skate, October 22, 2022

(to Tara Lipinski after they'd witnessed U. S. skater Ilia Malinin complete a previously unimaginable quad axle)

I make so many fans of music angry per year. It's not a proper skating season unless I anger someone.
--Olympic Channel, Skate Canada, men's free skate, broadcast November 1, 2018
(after criticizing Australian skater Brendan Kerry's "Grease" free skate music, saying Kerry was an elegant skater who didn't need the "cheese-effect" of "Grease")

The sparkle of rhinestones sometimes does distract men, especially our male audience, from seeing what’s actually going on on the ice, which is young people at their height of physical prowess doing something that very few people can do, in the most high-pressure and high-profile level.
--newyorker.com, "X Games on ice" by Tracy O'Neill, June 25, 2015

[Nick McCarvel: Johnny is flawless so far in this quiz that we thought at Icenetwork was going to be very difficult, but so far, he's proving us wrong.]

I loved it, and I'm my own biggest fan so study myself constantly.
--icenetwork.com, "How Much Does Johnny Weir Know About Johnny Weir?" video, Bank of America Special Olympics Showcase at Bryant Park, February 24, 2015
(on the Icenetwork quiz about himself)

[Nick McCarvel: What was your highest score under the IJS scoring system on the international stage, and, Johnny, where did it take place?]

On the international stage? Um, it was at the...Olympics....and it was something. As many of my fans know, I never really understood the judging system while I was skating. So scores I remember very few of.
--icenetwork.com, "How Much Does Johnny Weir Know About Johnny Weir?" video, Bank of America Special Olympics Showcase at Bryant Park, February 24, 2015

[Douglas Razzano: What’s the strangest thing a fan ever gave you?]

Panties--

[Douglas Razzano: The foot massager?]

Not the foot massager. Panties. Clean ones! Clean ones. New ones.
--icenetwork.com, "34 Questions with Johnny Weir," video, September 24, 2014

Blogger's note: the foot massager Razzano refers to was a fan's gift to Johnny which made an appearance in a classic scene from Be Good Johnny Weir, Season 1, Ep. 7, Back on Top.

People were tuning into a cable network and spending an entire event with us. They were sneaking us at work. That's our biggest thrill, that people decided to spend their time with us and to hear figure skating from us and let us teach them what we know.
--usatoday.com, "Sochi won't be last of Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir" by Nancy Armour, February 22, 2014

If they do a closeup on the Jumbotron, and you look cute, they'll clap for you.
--NBCSN, pairs short program Sochi Olympics, February 11, 2014, as expert commentator
(on Russian audiences)

The wave is very efficient here in Russia. We've seen it a few times throughout the team event. And they will go one direction and very promptly and everyone all together will switch directions. It's a very efficient wave--the Russian wave.
--NBCSN, pairs short program Sochi Olympics, February 11, 2014, as expert commentator

[What’s your absolute favorite move to do on the ice?]

Spinning or standing in front of thousands in a sparkly costume and shaking my butt.
--blogs.phillymag.com, "15 Questions for U.S. Figure Skating Champ Johnny Weir" by Josh Middleton, May 16, 2013

Blogger's note: When Johnny was younger, he didn't think of himself as the butt-shaking type.

Through the trials and tribulations with the figure skating world and a lot of mistakes I’ve made, my fans can see that no matter how many times I’ve fallen down, I get back up every time.
--figureskating.teamusa.org, "Weir: Writer, Pop Star" by Aimee Berg, January 17, 2011 

I have found through my years of competing and training that nobody cares what my opinions are, what country I represent or what group of people, they care if I skate well or not. 
--figureskatersonline.com/johnnyweir, Johnny Weir Online, "questions and answers," March 2006

I've felt so secure in Russia and not oppressed at all; I wouldn't be booed for being gay there, I'd be booed if I performed badly.
--epgn.com, "Out Olympian to skate at first Winter Pride" by Jen Colletta, February 14, 2013

Figure skating is theatrical, artistic; it's elegant, it's extremely athletic. There's a very specific audience for that. I can say I don't watch football games, so I don't understand why a football fan would come to watch figure skating.
--The New York Times, "INSIDE THE RINGS; Struggling Weir Could End Up Long on Glitter but Short on Gold" by Jer Longman, January 19, 2010

I lived a life devoid of loving relationships with family or friends despite being loved by many around the world, just for doing something I love. 
--fcnp.com, "Johnny's World: Separate Togetherness," February 8, 2013

It's a minor planet. I hope to visit one day.
--Twelv magazine, "Johnny Weir--Fire & Ice" by Hunt Etheridge, F/W 2012
(on "12413 Johnnyweir" given to him as a birthday gift by his Russian fans in 2010)

Blogger's note: More complete information on 12413 Johnnyweir can be found at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Site.

I'm misread, I think. People tend to think that I'm putting on an act, or that I'm being "refreshing," as they say, just to appeal to a different demographic, a different set of people. And it's not that. This whole career, this whole journey for me, has just been about myself. It's a very selfish dream to want to go to the Olympics and to compete well, win medals, that kind of thing.
--nbcolympics.com, "Johnny Weir: In his own words," pre-2006 Olympics interview

[Any tips for fans who will be seeing skating live for the first time?]

Marvel at the speed of figure skating. Appreciate that even if someone falls down, it takes guts to perform for the world and it also takes years of hard work to be at center ice performing for you. I'd also like people to cheer for the favorites, but don't forget to clap and scream for the underdogs, the unknowns and the rivals.
--omaha.com, "Omaha won't be a stop on Weir's return," by Erin Golden, January 20, 2013

I don’t think any facelift for my sport will change the viewers who are watching. I don’t think turning figure skating into some kind of X-Games event will promote figure skating to the male population of especially North America, but also the world.
--outsports.com, "Johnny Weir: The Outsports interview, Part 1" by Cyd Zeigler Jr., September 2, 2009 

[I]n Russia, my fans are really incredible. They make me feel right at home and for me, Russia is a second home. I have no shame for my love of Russia, as many people wish I had.
--Movieline.com, “Johnny Weir Talks to Movieline About Skating Politics, Lady Gaga and Life After the Olympics” by Julie Miller, March 3, 2010