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

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)

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)

There's a lot of talk in skating about the quality of your knee-bend. And you want a texture kind of like a marshmallow dream. Right--go with me Tara--just that soft and squishy, a little bit bouncy. That's an ideal knee; you don't want whipped cream. That'll melt in the sun.

--NBC, during men's short program, 2022 Olympics, February 7, 2022
(about landing after a jump) 

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)

We're going to look like little old potatoes with impossibly tight faces.

--HBO MAX, Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel, S28 Ep. 1, January 2022

(on what he and Tara Lipinski will look like at age 70)

If I have a child, I'm raisin' her Amish. She's not going to know there's even electricity....She'll know all about Hermès Birkin bags, but not how to achieve them.
--Tara and Johnny podcast, Ep. 74, "Kids Korner," May 24, 2018

Whenever I look at a jacket or a blazer or a pair of pants, I know how many triple axles I fell on to be able to get that.
--lifeandstylemag.com, "Johnny Weir Will Do Anything With Tara Lipinski--Except Exercise" by Chelsea Duff, March 12, 2018

When I was a teenager, my style was very pop princess.
--New York Times video, "Meet Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir, Olympic Analysts with Style, February 20, 2018

Tara and I unfortunately are afraid to watch [short track speed skating] live. That's a lot of flying blades and sliding falls. And, you know, blades straight to the face. It's not something I'm really into. We're into sparkles and wardrobe malfunctions, not a violent blade.
--NBC, chat with Mike Tirico on Prime Plus Show, 2018 Olympics, February 18, 2018
("wardrobe malfunctions" refers to French ice dancer Gabriella Papadakis' costume becoming unfastened shortly after her program with partner Guillaume Cizeron began, exposing her breast at one point during their performance)

I speak English; I don't speak Gayenese.
--Tara and Johnny podcast, Ep. 65: "Preparing for the Olympics," February 1, 2018
(on feeling irritated when scriptwriters prepare dialogue for him that's stereotypically gay)

I have never felt bad about anything I’ve said for the most part, simply because when you tell the truth, while it may not always be the prettiest truth in the whole world, you don’t have anything to regret.
-washingtonpost.com, "Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir aren't mean, but 'truth can be hard to hear'" by Tik Root, February 13, 2018

I’d have to jazz up the costume a little bit, but I definitely think I’d be a very, very adept ski jumper.
--wdtn.com,"Catching up with Johnny Weir and Tara Lipinski" video interview by Aaron Nolan, February 10, 2018

It was a rough go, but ice is slippery.
--wdtn.com,"Catching up with Johnny Weir and Tara Lipinski" video interview by Aaron Nolan, February 10, 2018
(on Nathan Chen's men's short program during the 2018 Olympic team skating event)

It's Jerry Springer crossed with Xena Warrior Princess crossed with My Little Pony and everything else that could possibly be good in this world.
--Tara and Johnny podcast, Ep. 44: "Endless Summer Part 1," September 6, 2017
(describing the Game of Thrones Season 7 finale, "The Dragon and the Wolf")

[T]he sun. It's almost like God is trying to say, "You're going to be happy right now," and I'm like, "Eff you, I don't want to be happy right now." So then it's just this constant fight between me and Jesus and the weather.
--Tara and Johnny podcast, Ep. 44: "Endless Summer Part 1," September 6, 2017
(on why he likes cloudy weather and gets depressed when it's sunny)

I don't want anyone to think that I sneeze, blow my nose, eat, go to the bathroom, nothing. I'm just a plate. I'm just a porcelain white plate in a good outfit that sits there and is stunning.
--Tara and Johnny podcast, Ep. 50: "The Dating Game of Thrones," October 28, 2017
(on making a first impression)

I want an Emmy really badly. I don't care what I have to do for it. I'll put scorpions in my pants at this point.
--Tara and Johnny podcast, Ep. 49: "Him Talk Slowly," October 5, 2017

I was like mid extreme couponing for Nair and bananas, and I don't know what happened, but the next thing I knew, I was on a bus to Foxwoods in Connecticut, which is a casino.
--Tara and Johnny podcast, Ep 32: "Holding court at Maggiano's; Fire drills," April 5, 2017