Funny Fact about Florida. Whenever we try to use a location for shooting, the initial reaction is, "you're not shooting a porno right?"
--Twitter, March 3, 2016
(while on a photoshoot with Tara Lipinski) 

Strong hit! And it is in a bit of a grassland. Looks quite...quite Wyoming out there.
--nbcolympics.com, "Tara and Johnny announce women's golf in Rio," video, August 18, 2016
(describing a Rio Olympics golf course fairway)

I wanted to tweet something about how many handsome men there were at Detroit airport & praise the Middle West then it got weird so, yeah.
--Twitter, August 9, 2015

[Nick McCarvel: What year was your first senior Nationals?...]

2001, Boston, I popped a triple axel in the short, and I won America's heart in the long because I was young. And cute.
--icenetwork.com, "How Much Does Johnny Weir Know About Johnny Weir?" video, Bank of America Special Olympics Showcase at Bryant Park, February 24, 2015

[Nick McCarvel: In 2006, what was the number one song on the U.S. charts when you went to the Olympics?]

Um...[long pause]...See I'm that person that'll hear a Rhianna  song like a year after it was popular, and I think it's cool. I'm your grandmother. Welcome to me being a grandmother. I feel like if it wasn't, it should have been...The Way We Were by Barbra Streisand. 

[Nick McCarvel: Well, it wasn't quite that year. It was Beyoncé Check On It. What about in 2010? Do you remember 2010 when you went to the Olympics in Vancouver? What were you jamming out to?]

A lot of Russian techno-pop. But if it wasn't, it should have been The Way We Were by Barbra Streisand. 
--icenetwork.com, "How Much Does Johnny Weir Know About Johnny Weir?" video, Bank of America Special Olympics Showcase at Bryant Park, February 24, 2015
(according to McCarvel, the top song in 2010 was TiK ToK by Ke$ha.)

[ Q: Sochi Olympics: What is your favorite memory?]

I feel like Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir were really the breakout stars of the Sochi Olympics. I, like most of America, sat at home and enjoyed every second of their fashion, their insight and their wit.
--today.com, "Johnny Weir, Tara Lipinski review 2014 (and try to predict what kind of king George will be)" by Lauren Sullivan, December 18, 2014

Vladislav telling me a story about what happened to him directly to my face opened my eyes to what’s going on there, more so than any American activist that was dumping out bottles of Latvian vodka thinking it was Russian in the summer of 2013.
--thedailybeast.com, "'To Russia With Love': Can Johnny Weir Save Russia's Gays?" by Kevin Fallon, October 29, 2014
(how meeting with Vladislav Slavskiy, a young gay activist from Sochi, changed his perspective on Russia)

I don't think your average dude in Wichita is running to the Liz Claiborne section at Macy’s, but I definitely think softer styles and attention to detail are becoming so important in men’s wear as well as the fit. 
--vanityfair.com, "Will Kanye West Make Wearing Women's Clothes the New Norm?" by Kayleen Schaefer, June 18, 2014

To Kori Ade, skating coach and winner of the USG "Building Dreams Award," and figure skater Jason Brown:

Thank you both for bringing River Dance back to America.
--NBCSN, Best of U.S. Award Show, broadcast April 7, 2014, live taping April 2, 2014
(Jason Brown's 2013-14 free skate was to music from River Dance)

I suppose you can think of us as cultural attachés between the Kentucky Derby and the rest of America. 
--sportsillustrated.cnn.com, "Johnny Weir, Tara Lipinski to join NBC's Kentucky Derby coverage" by Richard Deitsch, April 28, 2014

[F]or me, as far as activism and trying to fix something in the world? If I was to donate that time for myself to fixing anything, it would be my own situation in America. There's still a huge portion of the country I'm still not seen as an equal human to my best friend or my mother, and I think that needs to change before America can go around bossing the rest of the world around.
-- popsugar.com, "Johnny Weir Reveals How He Was Treated in Sochi" by Alyse Whitney, March 7, 2014

The only funny thing is sometimes--but this happens in America too--that I'll walk into a bathroom, be standing at a urinal, because I can stand to piddle and...

[Bob Costas: Congratulations.]

Thank you! And...um...a gentleman will walk in, he'll look at me or my weave, then he'll turn out the door and look to see what shape is on the door outside to make sure he's not in the ladies room. I confuse people, but it's never in a negative way.
--NBC, Olympic Late Night, "Johnny Weir discusses his time in Russia," February 20, 2014
(on how he had been treated while in Sochi)

There are parts of the United States where I'm still considered a subhuman; don't you think Americans should try to change our own country first? As foreign citizens, we can't change anything about the way they do things in Russia, so just being here to lend support to the people is the biggest thing we can do.
--latimes.com, "Sochi Olympics: Johnny Weir is just being his out, open self" by Bill Plaschke, February 18, 2014
(on criticism of his refusal to support a boycott of the Sochi Olympics because of Russia's anti-gay legislation)

I'm proud that I can be here in my necklaces and my wedge booties, and nobody is saying anything. Nobody is looking at me weird, nobody is saying anything derogatory. I honestly get more of an uncool situation walking down certain streets in Manhattan or being in the center of our country.
--nytimes.com, "Here's Johnny! Clothes Make the Man and Vice Versa" by AP, February 12, 2014
(on his treatment in Russia)

Pairs is not the strongest discipline for the United States. We have a kind of problem with people switching out partners whenever they’re unhappy. The European teams that usually are stronger stay together for life. They’re like penguins.
--usatoday.com, "Johnny Weir and his hot pink blazer are NBC's breakout Olympic stars" by Chris Chase and Nancy Armour, February 11, 201, quoting from earlier NBCSN interview

Sometimes I don't understand my daily outfit selection. For some reason rainy+China=USA urban including wedge sneakers and booty shorts.
--Twitter, June 10, 2013

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

I had quite a chuckle when my thong flashed America the third time before 9 a.m. 
--fcnp.com, "Johnny's World: Giggle," January 3, 2013
(on his December 21, 2012 Today show performance)

My dress is decidedly understated, all black for maximum skinniness as I blast across people’s TV screens from Philadelphia to Topeka, Des Moines to Orange County. Despite the understated color, I look like a streetwalker in designer leggings that give the illusion of garters. 
--fcnp.com, "Johnny's World: Giggle," January 3, 2013
(on his December 21, 2012 Today show performance costume)

[Swear right now that when you do a book tour, you don't just hit the east and west coast.]

I promise I will MidWest it up.
--Twitter, June 29, 2010 (Bluefly chat)

Blogger's note: Capitalization as in original tweet.