Nothing like a good butt spin at Nationals. 

--NBC, Skating Spectacular, U. S. Nationals, January 28, 2024

(on the unusual spins at the end of the skating program of pair skaters Isabelle Martins and Ryan Bedard)

I have seen public skaters with more emotion and performance ability. There's no connection at all to her music. You could put anything on--it could be a hoedown or a polka--and she would probably still perform the exact same way as she is with this piece.

--E! channel, women's free dance, Four Continents Championships, February 2, 2024

(on South Korean skater Seoyeong Wi's free skate)

The music reminds me of something you might hear in a gift shop at some kind of cabin resort.
--NBC, free dance, U.S. Nationals, January 27, 2024

(on music chosen by U. S. dance team Caroline Green and Michael Parsons)

So next time you're watching a performance, just think about the fact that this skinny tiny little blade not only will hold 800 pounds of force when you come down on a quadruple triple jump, but it also holds every bit of work and every dream these skaters have ever dreamt in the balance.
--USA channel, pairs short, U.S. Nationals, January 25, 2024

(talking about figure skating blades after pairs short program)

It's sorta like when you're young and you say, "Hey mom, look, no hands!" when you're riding your bike. It's that kind of difficulty added to a skating jump.
--USA channel, men's short, 4 Continents Championship, February 10, 2023

(on jumps with arms overhead rather than tight against the skater's chest)

Now that I’ve slept on what my gymnastics career would look like, I think I’d be more focused on my vault run face than my actual vault which isn’t conducive to long term success. I’ll stick to sit spins over wolf spins. 

--Twitter, June 28, 2021  

I see fashion very much like art installations. When I put a jacket on, that’s a Picasso to me. And I appreciate the work that people do to actually produce something to make it onto a rack so that I may buy it.
--Queerty, "Johnny Weir on playing himself on 'Night Court,' his wild fashions, and being told to "butch" it up," Johnny Lopez, February 21, 2023

[T]here are things that have looked better than others. And I will say there was one. It was a patent leather, puffy sort of straitjacket thing that I bought in Japan that I wore on television but the armholes were so low because of just the uniqueness of the garment that I couldn’t really get the microphone to my mouth. That made it difficult to work and I looked a little bit crazy like I was wearing a big puffy trash bag. 

--Queerty, "Johnny Weir on playing himself on 'Night Court,' his wild fashions, and being told to "butch" it up," Johnny Lopez, February 21, 2023
(on his fashion choices over the years)

The whole world is watching [to see if Ilia Malinin does a quad axel in the free skate]. It's very different from when Tara and I skated when you had to get news about your closest rivals by a carrier pigeon. Everyone sees everything. 

--USA channel, women's short, U. S. Nationals, January 26, 2023

[On camera: Johnny visibly trying to suppress laugh]

[Terry Gannon: You alright?]

He's just so cute! [laughing out loud] Sorry. It's like a duckling.

--USA channel, men's short, U.S. Nationals, January 27, 2023

(after skater Ilia Malinin is interviewed by Andrea Joyce)

There's just something about his skating that really blows my skirt up.

--NBC, men's free skate, U.S. Nationals, January 29, 2023

(after skater Yaroslav Paniot's Elvis Presley program)

Does anyone else put fragrance on for zoom meetings?

--Twitter, March 13, 2022

Matteo has wonderful, pleasant skating that everyone can enjoy, much like a snickerdoodle cookie.
--USA (channel), men's free skate, 2022 World Championship, broadcast March 26, 2022

(on Italian skater Matteo Rizzo)

Many people will skate to the Tango de Roxanne from Moulin Rouge and just go full-on crazy pants when that last piece comes on. Hair flying around, wild eyes.

--USA channel, Four Continents Championships, women's short, February 9, 2023

(comparing other skaters' performances of that music to Japan's Rinka Watanabe's "subtle and chic skating.")

That thing when you catch your dad yelling at the commentator on tv and YOU are the commentator on tv.

--Twitter, March 26, 2022 

I just wish people would love each other and take care of each other. Life is so short, why waste time on hating or becoming a victim? If you put out love, love comes back to you. Love a stranger, love a co-worker, love your mother. Just love people.
--Twitter, April 29, 2020

It's almost like you get more points for hiccupping at center ice than you do getting a single jump.

--E! channel, women's free skate, Skate America, October 23, 2022

(after Korean skater Yeoh-jeong Park pulled out of a jump rotation and only earned 0.38 points)

It's really just me, and my hairspray, and prayer that are going to get me out of this one alive.

--CW channel, Criss Angel's Magic with the Stars, "Upside Down Straight Jacket," Season 1, Ep. 9, February 3, 2023

(before performing a magic trick in which he hangs upside down from his ankles far above the audience while wearing a straight jacket)

Tara and I tried out for [America's Got Talent: All Stars] you know.

[Terry Gannon: And you didn't make it?]

We hard boiled eggs and apparently everyone can do it.

[Terry Gannon: How dare they, the judges. They're worse than in figure skating.]

 

--USA Channel, pairs free skate, U.S. Nationals, January 28, 2023

(following a promo for America's Got Talent: All Stars)

I think the Inland [Forecast] is very important because it's farthest from the sharks.

 

[Tara Lipinski: Johnny hates sharks.]

I hate sharks and I know they're up here in that Bay.

--nbcbayarea.com, "Johnny Weir, Tara Lipinski Do the Weather," January 25, 2023

(when Johnny and Tara did the weather forecast for the San Francisco Bay area)

She's choreographed within an inch of her glamor. 

--USA Channel, women's short program, U. S. Nationals, January 26, 2023

(on one of the reasons skater Isabeau Levito's programs are so successful)

If you're not nervous about something then you must not care about it very much so it's best to be nervous.

--USA Channel, 2023 U.S. Nationals, January 26, 2023

(about pre-skate nerves)

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)

Imagine like a dewy mossy field--or a pitch--on a Saturday morning. Imagine this just mob of children, running all in one direction. And wait! What's that we see out of the corner of our eye? It's the one child running the wrong way from the rest of the team. And that was me. That's how good a football player I was.

--Men in Blazers, 11/25/22: Live in Philadelphia, podcast

 

 

Blogger's note: pitch = soccer field; football = soccer

I love soccer. Because it's like a whole bunch of hot dudes, and they all do weird shit with their hair.
--Men in Blazers, 11/25/22: Live in Philadelphia, podcast