Quotes from Johnny Weir

I drink Vitamin Water nonstop - I should have an IV.

Statistically, I'd say there are about as many gay figure skaters as there are gay football players. The majority are straight. There are just those few exceptions, and those are the ones who have gotten picked on and followed over the years.

Now the fact that people are saying, 'Oh my God, he's finally come out' - I was never in.

I've always had a loud mouth, and for that I've gotten a lot of attention. I did falter in some big competitions in my career, but being counted out and not being seen as a threat is something I'm used to.

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.

So many people in the gay community have always asked me to come out, say it like it is, and help our cause. But for me... I think my biggest statement I could give to the world is to be strong being myself... you have to make something of yourself, and that's what makes us strong.

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.

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

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

I hope that more children have the same opportunities as me, with the same parents as me, that let me be an individual, who gave me freedom, and taught me to believe in myself before anyone else would believe in me.

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

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

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

I don't eat as much as an athlete should. I just don't like it.

In spite of all the skills that I do have, to relate to the normal world I have no applicable skills. I can speak Russian, I can speak French. I know about Chanel. Especially vintage Chanel. I know what Halston is. All of these things, but they can't really be applied to a nine-to-five.

I've lived my whole life exactly the way I've wanted to. Being gay, being white, being male, it doesn't matter to me. They're all things I'm born with.

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.'