Johnny Weir Quotes

I grew my beard out a little bit just to show that indeed I am a man.

I will be 60 or 70 years old still rocking my Chanel blazer with my hair all coiffed.

Nobody gets lucky all the time. Nobody can win all the time. Nobody's a robot. Nobody's perfect.

I played soccer, and I was the kid who ran the wrong way, or I was pretending to be some sort of zebra and I would flail my arms and kick up my legs.

Figure skating is theatrical. It's artistic. It's elegant. It's extremely athletic. And there's a very specific audience for that.

We are each an army of one. March forward with your army, never let go of your future and never listen to idiots who tell you ‘no.’

I love skating and sparkling and flying around the ice, and people clap for you. It's an amazing feeling.

To sum up my idea of on-ice costume fashion sense, it's probably that too much is never enough.

I suppose being fierce is a very good thing, and a very cool thing. But more than fierce, I think I'm a strong person and a strong individual. And that's what I take with me every day.

I'm going to be a happy housewife. I'm going to be washing boxers and cooking and doing all those sorts of housewife duties. I just want to be happy and proud of every single day.

You only live once. Life is a show

I’ve held onto Ugg boots. I will never graduate to Crocs, but Ugg boots are always and forever. That’s my fashion stepchild.

Figure skating is a bit dated - it's like that tweed jacket you pull out of the back of your closet from time to time, and I'm going to try to Chanel it up a little bit.

I think being in the public eye can only help me launch into the world of fashion.

There are some things I keep sacred. My middle name. Who I sleep with. And what kind of hand moisturizer I use.

Out of ugly, make something beautiful.

I love the Olympic Games. The Olympics are an event that few can fathom but all can enjoy, and that's why athletes work our whole lives to put on the greatest show on Earth.

Anytime you get men in glitter, it's a flamboyant occasion!

I have always thought that being a good American is appreciating the world, not just your own country.

I'm not commercial, I'm not for Special K cereal and I'm not a Wheaties boy; I'm a little bit more avant-garde, a little bit more out there.

The booing and the drama help make the Olympics interesting, but at what cost? When will people finally get tired of it and start watching the X-Games or competitive tire rolling instead?

When you are an athlete, it's difficult to take time off and say you want to come back without everyone judging you and attacking you.

I'm a tough person. I wasn't afraid of other kids because I understood that someday they'd wash my car.

I would love to be a spokes model for Karl Lagerfeld or Balenciaga or something like that.

Despite the usual idea of a figure skater, I have no rhythm when it comes to even walking off the ice. I fall off curbs all the time.

I am often criticized for spending too much time off the ice, but if you were in my shoes, you'd see how necessary it is.

I have a whole fur closet. I'm not afraid of PETA.

I definitely don't think of myself as an actual male model. I'm far too short and my legs are far too muscular.

In figure skating, your body can only last for so long. I can't be 50 and trying to skate but I can be 50 and be in fashion, so I have to look to my future and what I want to achieve.

I've always wanted to make a music video with skating and different imagery, something very artistic.

To me, figure skating is an art form, and that's what I always try to bring in, even to my competitive programs.

I feel like at the Olympics I gave the best performance of my life and I wasn't rewarded for that as an athlete. Yes, my fans and my mom were happy about it, but I didn't win that gold medal.

I'd say in general, my style is Johnny Weir style. It's my style. I can't classify it as anything else.

It's easier for me to go to Russia and train with top coaches and choreographers there than go to Colorado Springs and train with 14 of my competitors.

I still have so much passion to perform... That's who Johnny Weir is: I'm a figure skater, I'm an athlete. I want to have fun and enjoy it.

Finding someone to share your life with is one of the most important things a human can do and was preached to me by my mother.

The gymnastic events are really what I tune into the Summer Olympics for.

I showed myself a lesser version of myself that night, and I’m glad I learned from it.

Some people eat, some people drink, some people smoke. I Pledge.

Nothing shocks me anymore. I've embraced men in thongs, I've embraced women with padded bras. I mean, I can embrace Larry King saying 'fierce.'

I want to create things while I have time on Earth, and the art of costume and culture has always inspired me.

I'm a huge fur fan; it's no secret to anyone anymore.

I'm going to skate exactly the way I want to, create programs that I like, and everything will fall into place where it is supposed to.

Every little boy should be so lucky as to turn into me.

I definitely feel like I'm more of an artist than an athlete. But I'm good at both.

That makes me think of spandex-covered football players. It's not me. I'm in rhinestones and velvet, not spandex.

Don't bring a prop. It's almost like they were afraid nobody would know who they are.

I don't want to spend my life on an ice cube.

I wouldn't participate in 'Stars on Ice' if I were asked. I find it an amateurish tour in a way, the production quality.

I'm hoping my presence alone in Russia will be a show of strength for the Russian LGBT community.