Johnny Weir Quotes (51 Quotes)

Being a third time national champion is really an awesome feat. I am really, really proud that I could win again, but the program today definitely wasn't up to par with my previous two wins. There was a lot that I could have done better. I am very proud that I got through it as well as I did, even if it wasn't the best that I could do.

I'm so proud of the other two guys on the team. I'm usually not a team person. I usually don't root for people on my team.

It's about getting back in my comfort zone and feeling good on the ice.

It's his gold medal to lose.

I am very, very, very excited with how today went. With the way practice is going I thought I could skate well but not as well as I did. To score over 80 points is my new personal best. I am just very elated right now.

I don't worry about what other people think. Everyone else worries for me,

Once Weir began describing his free skate, though, the energy in his voice rose sharply. Instead of performing to the romantic music he usually favors, the two-time U.S. champion will show off a modern twist in tonight's Campbell's International Figure Skating Classic. It's a little edgier program, and the music is piano with a techno background, ... It's special because it's different.

I'm not going to sugarcoat anything or change the way I speak about others or certain things in the world just because I'm a figure skater and I have to appeal to these people. That's not why I figure skate. If I appeal to myself and my mother, I'm happy with that. I don't 'front,' as they say.

I thought that was a little much.

I'll decide on Thursday morning. It's very last-minute, spur-of-the-moment for me. It's going to have to be perfect for me to want to put it in.

I was like, 'Oh ... my ... god, 90 points in one program. It's wild. I didn't think anyone would get past 80, and to see a score of 90 is really incredible.

If he falls three times, just maybe someone could squeeze by, by a point or so. I'm not conceding. I'm just being realistic.

I can sit up here and say I don't get it. There needs to be time to learn it. I think it was a little silly going into the Olympic Games and changing the system so close to that event.

That's something that at the end of the day, I know even if I make everyone angry and say things that nobody likes, my mom will still support what I said because I said it. She thinks its funny when I say crazy things in the media. She doesn't take it that seriously.

We were yelling at people. It was the first time I really wanted to be able to speak something so I could get my point across. I was walking around in the cold for 30 minutes figuring out how I was going to get here. I was swearing, I was not listening to my music, I was calling people and swearing. I was very, very unprofessional, but I needed to get here.

I've been saying it over and over and over again -- he's going to be the one to beat. And look at his score in the short program 90 points He made almost as much in one program as some people make in the whole competition.

I didn't feel my inner peace. I didn't feel my aura was white. My biorhythms were out of balance. I was black inside.

I've been touted as America's next medal hope. As long as I go well, I can't see why not. I will definitely race for silver.

I was scared out of my mind. Any mistakes I made were not because I have trouble with that jump or that element, it was that once my mind started to work and I realized everything I accomplish in those four minutes and 40 seconds on the ice, it got to me.

I'm was ticked off, to be honest.

Skating well in the short program always helps me feel good for the long program.

I'm really, really proud I won again but this program today wasn't up to par with my previous two wins. This was by far my hardest competition. I'm very proud I got through it as well as I did even though it wasn't the best I could do.

I should do it the way I want to, as opposed to trying to make other people happy.

If he falls three times, maybe, just maybe someone can squeeze by.

They were pushing me for my own good and for their medal count. I didn't appreciate it and I started to tailspin, changing steps and spins and everything. It just didn't feel comfortable. Having people tell you it is not good enough before you start training, it doesn't help.

I think it's funny that people care. I don't have a problem with people saying anything. People could be saying, 'Oh, let's poll about Bode Miller. Let's poll about Michelle Kwan being a lesbian,' something like that. It's not a big deal. Who I sleep with doesn't affect what I'm doing on the ice or what I'm doing in a press conference.

Isn't it obvious why this is so much more fun than USA House

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

It's wild. I didn't think anyone would get above 80.00.

They kind of sat back and had their cognac and cigarettes. His Bradley's audience response was more like a vodka-shot-let's-snort-coke kind of experience.

I'm still a baby. I'll be back.

If he falls three times, maybe, maybe someone could squeak by him a point or something.

Just look at it. He made almost as much in one program as other skaters make in both.

These are friends of the lawyer of the richest man in Moscow. These Russians know how to have a good time.

For today, it was just hell getting on the ice.

A little more speed, a little more passion. I was very tired at the end, tripping over myself in the straight-line footwork.

I'm teaching myself Russian. When I answer in Russian, she really gets excited about it.

Having three first-time Olympians is a fresh slate and a new start. I think each of us signifies something different than the last Olympic team. We're all very different people and skaters and characters.

It's definitely not my best. But still, I'm excited. It's over. It's done. It's Valentine's Day. I can go buy myself some roses and chocolate now.

That's a decision I'll have to make Thursday. I could wake up and feel horrible, like Nick Nolte's mug shot. I could feel like that, and if so I'm not trying it.

That girl, I would buy her diamonds if I could afford it.

This was a year when the Olympic team should have been bigger. I know we'll have a good team, but we'll be missing some people who I personally hoped would make it.

There are so many pros and cons to the new system. I would take all of your time and the rest of the day and miss my short program tomorrow discussing them.

He gave me a hug when I saw him the first time here, and I asked how his wife was doing.

His name is Camille - two 'l's. I think he's my evil side. When I skate badly, I blame it on my glove.

The gold medal is his to lose.

I've been landing at least one quad every day in practice. I want to do it, for me more than for anything else. It's an element I've been missing and chasing for a long time.

I just want to have a good time out there. I had no real expectations coming in, and now, sitting in second, that's incredible. I'm not expecting anything to happen in the free that I can't control.

I was off, it was an off night. But I will be back in four years, hopefully for a medal.

I missed the bus. They changed the schedule. It was every 10 minutes. Today it was every half-hour. I was late getting here and never caught up. I never felt comfortable in this building. I didn't feel my inner peace, I didn't feel my aura. Inside I was black.