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

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

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

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.

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.

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

Of course I was bullied and of course I was called names - my last name is Weir. That's very, very close to 'weird,' or 'queer' and any of those words. But I've never been anyone to cry over spilled milk or be upset because kids don't like me, or people don't like me... It makes my skin stronger and thicker. And why cry? Your mascara runs.