God only knows what flies out of my face when I’m spinning. 

--Twitter, March 1, 2021 

(on why, to protect rink works and people who skate after him, he wears a mask while training during the Covid-19 pandemic) 

I miss the ice. I miss being totally alone with my music. I miss flying through the air. I miss the cold. I know this will all end. Stay positive and focus on the things that make you happy.
--Twitter, April 27, 2020

He does the same run-through on a daily basis, clean and perfect, so it gives him the opportunity to interact with the judges, the audience, and to really give us that, you know, wild sassy pants unicorn that he's become this season.
--NBCSN, 2018 USFS Championship, Men's Free Skate, January 6, 2018
(on Adam Rippon)

It’s just me and the Zamboni driver, Dave.
-- delawareonline.com, "Johnny Weir brings perspective to skating, Russia" by Martin Frank, April 6, 2017
(on the people at his late night training sessions at the Skating Club of Wilmington)

PT: "Johnny, one of your ribs is out of place." Me: "Ain't nobody got time for that." PT: "Can you rest?" Me: "Do you have a blow dart?"
--Twitter, December 10, 2015
(PT = physical therapist)

No practice video tonight because I skated like poo, but I sweated so there's that. Well, I shimmered. No pain, no progress. 
--Twitter, December 7, 2015

That thing of when it's a bit breezy & your ass cheek and a nipple fall out of your inadequate work-out clothes while on the street. #classy
--Twitter, September 9, 2015

I am actually in my car on my way to practice. I am wearing, let's just say it's a pair of underpants and a silk robe. That's usually how I roll first thing in the morning.
--KISS 108FM, Matty in the Morning, interview, September 17, 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

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

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!

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

Finding so much solace being on the ice and doing something I'm good at. For those hours I feel at peace and like I'm not a "monster.
--Twitter, April 30, 2014

[What has your experience with 'Be Good Johnny Weir' been?]

I think the reality series is a great growing experience for me. Since I was young, I worked with my trainer, Priscilla Hill, by re-watching things I had done, by her filming my practice. I would re-watch it after and this show is kind of the same premise, except it's my videos. It's my home movies and I can go back and I can look at things and see what happened and how it could have been avoided and what kind of drama there was surrounding it, and that's a beautiful thing
--popeater.com, “Johnny Weir Never Leaves the House Without a Balenciaga Bag” by Denise Warner, March 11, 2010

Let the mayhem of Monday commence. Today's goals are to work out hard, learn to fly and find some happy!
--Twitter, April 21, 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)

It would be like fighting fish. It would be like throwing one of the fish into the bowl without slowly lowering him in with the bag. I mean you're...just would be right at each other.
--NBCSN, Olympic Team Skating event, dance free program, Sochi Olympics, February 9, 2014, as expert commentator 
(on training with rival skaters as U.S. ice dancers Meryl Davis and Charlie White do with Canadians Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir)

600 crunches to end the week. Decided to strive for an 8-pack by Sochi. "If you can't be an athlete, be an athletic supporter."
--Twitter, December 6, 2013

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)