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)

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)

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)

That was such a beautiful dance. It was a treasure trove of goodies. It's like getting that present but still saving the wrapping paper on it.

--USA (channel), free dance, 2022 World Figure Skating Championship, broadcast March 26, 2022
(on the free dance of Canadian couple Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier)

That was so wrong for a free dance. It was like they were running from a very slow monster the whole way through.

--USA (TV channel), free dance, 2022 Olympics, February 13, 2022

(on the horror film inspired free dance of Georgia skaters' Maria Kazakova and Georgy Reviya)

His mastery of the blade is kind of like a sushi chef or something.

--NBC, Rostelecom Cup, men's free skate, broadcast November 28, 2021

(on Russian skater Mikhail Kolyada)

There was something very gray Russian snow mystery about the whole choreographic moment.

--NBCSN, Skate America, women's short program, broadcast October 23, 2021

(on Russian skater Kseniia Sinitsyna's short program)

They've always been like that. They're like "Oh, no, no, no, we're not going to smile for you."

-NBCSN, Skate America, pairs free skate, broadcast October 23, 2021

(responding to fellow commentator Terry Gannon's mentioning the seeming lack of "exuberance" shown by Russian skaters Tarasova and Morozov after they won the pairs event)

One thing that ice does not enjoy is when you tell it what to do. 

--NBCSN, Skate America, pairs free skate, October 23, 2021

(on why "forcing" skating elements can negatively impact a performance)

If there's somebody, even if it's an older lady, I will see her park at the same time as I do, and then I rush through the store just so I make it through check-out before she does. We are in Olympic level competition, me and baba.
--ABC, The $100,000 Pyramid, September 23, 2018
(on his being competitive, even at the grocery)

Yuzuru Hanyu's performance there reminds me, if there were angels in a really cold environment and they breathed, that's what angels' breath would look like.
--NBC, commenting after the men's short program, 2018 Olympics, February 15, 2018

You can't really challenge a gay dude when it comes to lip syncing.
--Paramount Network, Lip Sync Battle, February 8, 2018

Looking at the ladies free skate: 130 to 140 is good; 140 plus is a great score; and basically 150 plus is Russian.
--NBC, Team Figure Skating, ladies free skate, 2018 Olympics, February 11, 2018

There's something so regal about the way they skate, almost sitting at a giant Marie Antoinette dining table where you don't have to reach for anything.
--NBC, Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, broadcast February 18, 2017
(on Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir's first place free dance performance)

When I was competing, despite being very gay, I wanted my skating to speak for itself and have it judged purely on merit not on the circus that is me.
--thegeekiary.com, "An Interview with Johnny Weir: His Thoughts on ‘Yuri on Ice’," by Angel, December 15, 2016

Brass knuckles under velvet gloves is ladies figure skating.
--NBC, 2015 World Championship, Ladies Free Skate, broadcast on January, 24, 2015

Bringing companion animals to the ice and competing at the Olympic level goes back generations. I'm happy to see it finally shown during the Grand Prix.
--Twitter, NBCOlympics, commenting a video clip from the 2016 French Grand Prix showing a pigeon flying near Russian skater Alena Leonova during her free program.

A medal or not, he's the peoples' princess.
--olympicchannel.com, "Take the Mic: Johnny Weir," November 3, 2016
(commentating the final moments of his long program performance in the 2010 Olympics)