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

I think I've gotten more attention after the Olympics than any other U.S. athlete, and it's really great that people are recognizing who I am and what I do. You look at Shaq and you see a basketball player. You look at Tiger Woods and you see a golfer. But people are responding to who I am.

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.’

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.

For me, I skate as masculine as I can. I'm not a big strong guy. I'm not interested in fighting or throwing punches or balling my hands in fists all day. I'm not interested in guns, I'm not interested in football or stereotypically masculine things, so I'm going to skate in a fashion that is manly for Johnny Weir.

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

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.