I wish my coach would have danced along to my performances.

[Terry Gannon: Yelling doesn't count?]

No, yelling does not count as dancing, Terrance. Maybe in your sport, but not ours.

--Olympic Channel, Rostelecom Cup, pairs short program, broadcast December 1, 2021

(after watching the coach of Russian pair Daria Pavliuchenko and Denis Khodykin dance as they skated)

At the banquets, it’s rare for the skaters to get very drunk. Usually the banquets are time spent between the whole skating family, coaches, judges and federation officials, so drunken dance-offs would be pretty inappropriate. The drunken dance offs happen in the hotel rooms once all the old people go to bed. 
--thegeekiary.com, "An Interview with Johnny Weir: His Thoughts on ‘Yuri on Ice’," by Angel, December 15, 2016
(comparing a scene in the anime series "Yuri on Ice" with actual figure skating events)

So funny watching football & seeing the coaching team hide their mouths when they talk. And they call skating corrupt! We don't read lips
--Twitter, November 29, 2015

I realized that these people will mean absolutely nothing to me. Screw it. I am doing it myself. I am just going to be so good that there is no feasible way they can leave me off of those teams.
--dot429.com, "Johnny Weir Interview: Being Unique & Successful" by Bryan Moore, November 3, 2010 
(on figure skating officials who tried to control everything from his hair and costumes to who coached him)

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!

[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

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)

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)

My coach, for example, would sit and she would smile like this, [drawing his lips tight] and of course, she was talking between her teeth and saying the most horrible things in Russian, just screaming at me between her teeth. But of course, nobody could see what she was saying.
--nytimes.com, "Here's Johnny! Clothes Make the Man and Vice Versa" by AP, February 12, 2014
(on being in the kiss-and-cry with coach Galina Zmievskaya0

In a cloud of mink and Chanel No. 5, my Ukrainian leaves me to un-tape and un-pad my feet from the bonsai-like bondage I have perfected in the last 12 years.
--fcnp.com, "Johnny's World: The Art of Relaxation," February 5, 2013
("my Ukrainian" is coach Galina Zmievskaya)

We train very hard for two hours before it’s time for my afternoon “nap time,” which should not include lunch, chewing of any kind, or extra curricular activities like dry-cleaning, vacuuming, shopping for things to chew, consuming alcohol, narcotics or smoking cigarettes.
--fcnp.com, "Johnny's World: The Art of Relaxation," February 5, 2013
(on training with coach Galina Zmievskaya)

The barking of my lovely boss and the stress of not pissing her off leaves me sweaty and somehow five pounds lighter.
--fcnp.com, "Johnny's World: The Art of Relaxation," February 5, 2013
(on coach Galina Zmievskaya at skating practice)

It has been a weird transition from being very free to being yelled at by a Ukrainian woman at 7am every morning.
--tvfirstlook.com, "5Qs on Friday: Johnny Weir" September 28, 2012 
(on returning to competition and coach Galina Zmievskaya)

She's come in smiling and bearing gifts. That can mean only one thing--she wants something.
--Be Good Johnny Weir, "Putting the Johnny in Johnny," Season 1, Ep. 4
(on coach Galina  Zmievskaya)

As Viacheslav Romanov:
America, thank you, and goodbye. Get ready for Galina.
--Logo, Be Good Johnny Weir, Season 2, Ep.10

I never thought I'd say this, but being a skating coach isn't as bad as I make it out to be in my head. I'm just a drama queen. It's not for right now, but maybe one day when I'm on an oxygen tank, I can't walk, and I'm old, then we'll talk.
--Logo, Be Good Johnny Weir, Season 2, Ep. 8

I've asked my friend Nico to be my guinea pig for a day so I can practice being a coachtress.
--Logo, Be Good Johnny Weir, Season 2, Ep. 8

The skaters have somehow gotten younger since I've been away, they've also become more skilled and, in some cases, sparklier. The judges and coaches have gotten older, but in the "fine wine" sort of way.
--espn.go.com, "A fresh start," October 15, 2012 

Rules change every year, but other than that, it’s always like a special puppy or pony show. You groom your skater to the best they can be, the prettiest they can be, and you pop them out there to be judged.
--goldenskate.com, "Weir rearing to get back into 'dog and pony' show" by Tatjana Flade, October 12, 2012

I have been a figure skater for so long that when I stopped that competitive day-to-day grind, I didn’t know what to do with myself. I don’t know how the world works outside being barked at by a Ukrainian woman and watching my weight.
--huffingtonpost.com, "Johnny Weir: I Will Be 'Rocking My Chanel Blazer' at 70" by Naughty But Nice Rob, September 13, 2012