We could be 95 years old watching the Olympics, and we would still feel like we were when we were 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 years old. Yes, I learned to count.

--usatoday.com, "Q&A: Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir talk figure skating, fashion and the 17 suitcases they have for Beijing Olympics," Michelle R. Matinelli, February 3, 2022

(Why he and Tara Lipinski can relate to the cureent Olympic figure skaters)

When I'm thirty years old I don't want to look back at Priscilla, someone I see more than my own mother, and remember her as a coach. I will remember her as my friend and someone who was always there for me no matter what, and in my opinion, that's what a good coach should be.
--figureskatersonline.com/johnnyweir, Johnny Weir Online, "questions and answers," November 2006
(on long-time coach Priscilla Hill)

Happy 30th Birthday, Johnny!

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

Training is very exposed and naked, competition is almost fake in comparison.
--figureskatersonline.com/johnnyweir, Johnny Weir Online, questions & answers, July 2007

[Johnny, what do you do with costumes when you change programs?]

I actually keep most of my old costumes. They're good for memories and who knows when I'll need a good Halloween costume?
--figureskatersonline.com/johnnyweir, Johnny Weir Online, questions & answers, January 2007

[What were your best and worst ever dreams?]

I had a dream that I was happy and I had a beautiful life and everything was wonderful and I didn't hurt and wasn't sad. I keep having a dream that I'm being stalked and chased, so that's probably the worst.
--figureskatersonline.com/johnnyweir, Johnny Weir Online, questions & answers, January 2007

I don't want to offend people this year, as much as last year at least, for my own peace. I don't have the energy to deal with all that again. 
--figureskatersonline.com/johnnyweir, Johnny Weir Online, "questions and answers," November 2006

I know there are people who support me, and people who don't, it's not an issue. I am singing my own song, I'm skating my own way, and I am doing what I think is best for me.
--figureskatersonline.com/johnnyweir, Johnny Weir Online, "questions and answers," November 2006

I am always myself. My programs are always an extension of my tastes and ideas. I really don't define myself by anything. My programs are the same. There is nothing wrong with experimentation and trying something different.
--figureskatersonline.com/johnnyweir, Johnny Weir Online, "questions and answers," November 2006

[HEY..whats your middle name?]

I don't tell. If you see my license or passport or are about to marry me, you'll know.
--figureskatersonline.com/johnnyweir, "Johnny Weir...the official site," Q & A, October 2004

Blogger's note: Johnny revealed his middle name to fans on Twitter during the Bluefly chat on June 29, 2010: "I rarely reveal it, but I feel like i can tell you, my middle name is Garvin. I hate it!"

"whats" in question and "i" in tweet as in originals

If I land my jumps and skate well, my career will be better regardless if I'm doing high kicks to Fosse or skating as a corpse to something by My Chemical Romance.
--figureskatersonline.com/johnnyweir, Johnny Weir Online, "questions and answers," November 2006

When you learn a foreign language I think you always learn the bad words first.
--figureskatersonline.com/johnnyweir, Johnny Weir Online, "questions and answers," April 2006

I usually don't like when people come to watch me practice. I don't go to anyone's office and watch them type.
--figureskatersonline.com/johnnyweir, Johnny Weir Online, "questions and answers," July 2007

[If you could choose another olympic sport to participate in, what would it be?]

I know everyone wants me to say two man luge, but that's scary. I would love to be a ski jumper or aerial skier. I think they both look like so much fun.
--figureskatersonline.com/johnnyweir, Johnny Weir Online, "questions and answers," March 2006

[What would you choose: money, happiness or fame? and why?]

Happiness. Nothing matters if you aren't happy with your life.
--figureskatersonline.com/johnnyweir, Johnny Weir Online, "questions and answers," April 2006

[What's your favorite fast food or chain restaurant?]

One of the luxuries of being an athlete, I can't eat fast food. I always have a mental meal though if I drive by somewhere like KFC and you can smell all the fat and oil and salt outside.
--figureskatersonline.com/johnnyweir, Johnny Weir Online, "questions and answers," November 2006

I have gotten so many things from PETA. I don't attack them for their choice to save animals from being coats, so they shouldn't attack me for wearing them. I wonder if they realize that all skaters wear skates made from cow?
--figureskatersonline.com/johnnyweir, Johnny Weir Online, "questions and answers," September 2006

Evan Lysacek calls me Swan and I laugh every time. I call him Mongoose.
--figureskatersonline.com/johnnyweir, Johnny Weir Online, questions and answers, July 2006

[Q. Are there actually 1,001 ways to style a mullet?]

Unclear, but I hope so.
--figureskatersonline.com/johnnyweir, Q & A With Johnny, January 2012


Blogger's note: Johnny cut off his mullet in October 2011, so other people will need to take up the 1,001 mullet-style challenge.

[What do you think about right before the music starts, and right after you pose?]

Right before my music starts I normally am talking to myself, "you can do it, you can do it, you've trained hard, you deserve to skate well, SPARKLE!"
--figureskatersonline.com/johnnyweir, Johnny Weir Online!, Q&A #4, December 2001