[Tara Lipinski: This guy is setting a new norm. He keeps pushing the bar technically. He's opening this program with a quad lutz.]

More like the new ab-norm. 
--NBC, Grand Prix Finals broadcast, December 20, 2015
(on Chinese skater Jin Boyang)

I love those scenics we get. It's almost like we're waiting for an orca to jump out of the water.
 --NBC, Skate Canada, November 2, 2014
(on the scenic water views shown by NBC when coming back to the Skate Canada broadcast after a commercial break)

[Pete Dominick: I'm not a big fan of competition period.]

Why?

[Pete Dominick: For a number of reasons.]

What happened to you when you were young? Show me on the doll where the bad man touched you.
-OutQ SiriusXM, StandUP! with Pete Dominick, October 22, 2014

I love the distressed leather that's happening right here under my butt.
--huffingtonpost.com, Huffpost Live, October 22, 2014
(about the interview couch)

I don't mind a yodeling moment. I think it's super important for our culture to have yodelers.
--si.com, "Johnny Weir's fashion advice for fellow athletes," video, October 23, 2014
(on NBA player Russell Westbrook's red suspenders)

As a tactic, I like to bring up uncomfortable things right away, just so we can move on. For the rest of that workday I simply started conversations with people saying, “So hey, did you see my ass this morning?” This of course got a wide-eyed, unsure reaction, “Yeah.”

“Oh thank God, I was looking for it everywhere.”
--fcnp.com, "Johnny's World: One in a Million" June 5, 2014
(on how he dealt with people the day nude photos of him were leaked to tabloids)

It's the mall in Paramus at Christmas time.
--NBCSN, ladies short program, Sochi Olympics, February 19, 2014, as expert commentato
(on the chaos on the ice during the final group's warmup) 

You need to have the glovemanship. Your partner has to feel like a glove.
--NBCSN, short dance, Sochi Olympics, February 16, 2014, as expert commentator
(on ice dancing)

[Tara Lapinski: Having a hard time getting her breath.]

Or she's clutching her pearls out of excitement.
--NBC, Trophée Eric Bompard broadcast, as expert analyst/commentator, November 17, 2013
(on Russian skater Anna Pogorilaya after her November 16, 2013, free skate)

I believe in you. You can do this. Push yourself.
--Artistry on Ice 2013, Shanghai press conference, June 12, 2013
(encouraging the Chinese translator after he made a long, rambling comment at the press conference)

The Pope has fabulous shoes.
--CNN: Dialogues: LGBTQ Openness and Acceptance, Emory University, December 14, 2011
(during discussion of the impact religion has on LGBTQ rights)

New costume crotch shot. If you ain't got a sparkly crotch, you ain't got nothin'. @ Stephanie Handler… http://instagram.com/p/Y2ydrAhhaf/
--Twitter, May 3, 2013

I can see your panties.
--Bravo, Kathy, Season 2, February 28, 2013
(to male audience member competing in a "dance contest" on the show wearing a somewhat sheer costume)

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")

To Kathy Griffin:
I would like to live in your cleavage.
--Bravo, Kathy, Season 2, February 28, 2013

Where're pluggy innie thingies?
--Food Network, Rachael vs. Guy: Celebrity Cook-Off, Season 2, Ep. 4
(looking for an outlet to plug in the electric mixer)

Oh, I'm gonna be real gay.
--Food Network, Rachael vs. Guy: Celebrity Cook-Off, Season 2, Ep. 3
(while Guy Fieri gives a pep talk on performing for the diners)

As Viacheslav Romanov:
Dobriy vecher, I am Viacheslav Romanov, reporting to you live from New York City...I have your big apple in my pants.
--Logo, Be Good Johnny Weir, Season 2, Ep.3

Blogger's note: Dobriy vecher (Добрый вечер) is Russian for "good evening."

I've been ridden hard and put up wet.
--Logo, Be Good Johnny Weir, Season 2, Ep. 2
(at meeting with potential book publisher Simon and Schuster)

Of all people, how does christian mingle dating service/matchmaking robot get MY email address? Was it that trampoline I bought online?
--Twitter, August 17, 2012