Looking at the ladies free skate: 130 to 140 is good; 140 plus is a great score; and basically 150 plus is Russian.
--NBC, Team Figure Skating, ladies free skate, 2018 Olympics, February 11, 2018

I would just give him all the gold medals: the slalom, the bobsled, the luge, figure skating.
--NBCSN, 2018 USFS Championship, Men's Free Skate, January 6, 2018
(after Nathan Chen completed his free skate)

Should Tom Brady be rewarded for trying to throw a Hail Mary pass and missing?
--NBC, 2017 Grand Prix of Figure Skating final, NBC broadcast, December 9, 2017
(on the current scoring system that encourages skaters to attempt difficult jumps, even if they fall)

Blogger's note: Tom Brady is an American football quarterback.

A medal or not, he's the peoples' princess.
--olympicchannel.com, "Take the Mic: Johnny Weir," November 3, 2016
(commentating the final moments of his long program performance in the 2010 Olympics)

It definitely is helpful when Tara and I get to go the barns first and meet the horses because we get to look them in the eye, and we get to give these beautiful creatures a proper iron stare down and just kind of really, really inspire them to win so that Tara will win so we can go buy shoes.
--sportsmedianews.com, Transcript: Kentucky Derby & Rio Olympic Conference Call with Johnny Weir & Tara Lipinski, May 3, 2016
(on picking winning horses at the Kentucky Derby)

For me, a great skating costume is a costume that will make photographs; it will be something that you can see on the cover of a magazine. It could be something that you'll have photographs of yourself for the rest of your life, sitting on the medal stand while listening to your national anthem. And you look wonderful. That, to me, is a successful costume. 
--hollywoodreporter.com, "Johnny Weir on His Sochi Outfits: No one is Going to Style Me Better than Me" by Stephanie Chan, February 14, 2014

We may never be the best at something, but we can be really f-ing awesome. Never stop striving. 
--Twitter, May 28, 2015

The only score I remember was when I tied Evan Lysacek at Nationals, and he beat me because he won the long program. And that was 244.77. That's a number I will never forget.
--icenetwork.com, "How Much Does Johnny Weir Know About Johnny Weir?" video, Bank of America Special Olympics Showcase at Bryant Park, February 24, 2015

[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

Becoming a champion doesn't always involve taking the popular route.
--Twitter, August 25, 2013

I love seeing how they decide that a certain shoe would sell at "Pay Less" stores for $12, and a shoe that looks similar would sell at Manolo Blahnik's for $580. It's kind of like deciding how one girl at Worlds who does seven triples ends up in 12th place, and another girl who also does seven triples is in first.
--Spotlight on Skating magazine, "Here's Johnny" by Lynn Rutherford, September/October 2005

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)

I never, for once in my competitive career was skating in the middle of a performance thinking about my boyfriend, or the fact that I was gay, or pride parades. I was thinking about landing my jumps and winning medals.
--advocate.com, "The Moment Johnny Weir Cried in Sochi" by Annie Hollenbeck, November 13, 2014

My name is Johnny Weir. I have succeeded many times but I am just as proud of many of my great failures. I failed to win a medal at the Olympics, but I went twice and skated the performances of my lifetime. I failed to have a successful first marriage, but I allowed myself to love. I have naked photos on the Internet, but my body is nothing to be ashamed of.
--fcnp.com, "Johnny's World: One in a Million" June 5, 2014

While I am not old, part of being a champion is knowing when your time is up.
--fcnp.com, "Johnny's World: The Ice" October 23, 2013

When I was watching the men’s event the other night and nobody was skating as if they wanted to win the gold medal, I wanted to jump out of the booth. I kept poking Tara and it was hard to watch because I knew that my level of competition, even when I was retiring in the fall, that I could have competed with those guys.
--usatoday.com, "Johnny Weir and Tara Lipinski sound off about 'the little girl' and the women's field" by Gary Mihoces, February 19, 2014
(on the Sochi Olympics men's free program)

I do have an Olympic-winning costume. That's the closest I'll ever get to an Olympic medal.
--nbcolympics.com, "Olympic-sized nerves take center stage in men's final" by Nicholas McCarvel, February 14, 2014
(on designing Olympic men's gold medalist Yuzuru Hanyu's free skate costume)

The difference will be who can hold their brains together.
--NBCSN, ladies free program, Sochi Olympics, February 20, 2014, as expert commentator
(what will separate the medal-winning skaters from the others skating in the top group)

Nobody has shown up to win the medals here.
--NBCSN, men's free program Sochi Olympics, February 14, 2014, as expert commentator
(after conclusion of lackluster men's Olympic free skate competition)

Of course he came out here touted as the Olympic gold medal favorite. But you've got to skate.
--NBCSN, men's free program Sochi Olympics, February 14, 2014, as expert commentator
(on Canadian skater Patrick Chan's Olympic free skate effort)