152 Quotes by Johnny Weir

Figure skating is theatrical, and a part of it is wearing costumes. My costumes were very over-the-top and outrageous for figure skating. But for me, it’s all beautiful. Even when nobody else believed they were beautiful, I felt beautiful in them.

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

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

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

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

It’s of very little importance to me that I was born gay. It doesn’t make me a better athlete, it doesn’t make me a stronger person, it doesn’t really do anything to enhance my life. It’s just something I was born with, the same as green eyes.

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