Melanie Ting > Quotes

“Trash talking wasn't really personal. Guys just glommed onto whatever was easiest, like the fact that I was half-Asian or a girl. Now that I was 15, I took a lot more grief because most girls had switched to girls' hockey. I wasn't switching. I had played on the same hockey team since I moved to North Vancovuer, and I liked my coach and my teammates. Why mess with something great?”
― Melanie Ting, Hockey Is My Boyfriend

“A week passed after the weekend of our big championship win and our kiss, and didn't speak to Phil at all. Since hockey was over, we didn't see each other at practices or games, and he seemed to be avoiding me at school. And I really missed him.”
― Melanie Ting, Hockey Is My Boyfriend

“My parents knew dick-all about hockey and that was the way I liked it. I put enough pressure on myself without having extra. In fact, my mom never came to games at all. She said the skating sound put her to sleep. But my dad came whenever he could and especially on important days like today.”
― Melanie Ting, Hockey Is My Boyfriend

“If a guy played dirty and hit behind the play or when the ref wasn't looking, then he'd probably lie to you and cheat on you. If a guy was a total hot dog, a look-at-my-moves-type show-off, then he was going to be a selfish egomaniac. If he whined about the ref's calls and his bad breaks, he'd be like Mr. Excuses. There was good stuff of course, but the key was not to get involved with jerks.”
― Melanie Ting, Hockey Is My Boyfriend

“Coach was right. You had to enjoy the moment. In all the years I'd played hockey, this was the first time I'd won anything real.”
― Melanie Ting, Hockey Is My Boyfriend

“Wow, I had just scored the winning goal in a championship game! If that wasn't a dream come true, I didn't know what would be.”
― Melanie Ting, Hockey Is My Boyfriend

“I stared at him, trying to see what a stranger would see. He did have great hair; it was thick and dark brown and fell slightly over his forehead. But his eyes were the nicest part of him, they were this neat hazel color and they crinkled up when he joked around. He had a nice smile, but I could still remember when he wore braces. Body-wise, I already knew he was built because I went to the gym with him and he could bench 250. But usually when I looked at his body, I was more envious of his upper body strength than thinking anything, well, sexual.”
― Melanie Ting, Hockey Is My Boyfriend

“The Tanaka Scale was something I invented when my friends started dating guys. I believed that you could tell how a guy would be as a boyfriend from how he played hockey.”
― Melanie Ting, Hockey Is My Boyfriend

“I started getting ready to run and took off my tearaways and put them in my pack. I turned around and found Phil checking out my butt.
"Eyes up, Davidson," I told him. "Have you never seen spandex before?"
"Not stretched out like that," he said with a grin.”
― Melanie Ting, Hockey Is My Boyfriend

“Some of the guys started throwing tape balls and squirting water at me. They were decent in that nobody was naked, but some guys hadn't bothered putting shirts or pants on yet. Nobody cared about me seeing them since we'd known each other so long.”
― Melanie Ting, Hockey Is My Boyfriend

“Lots of half-Asian girls are cute, but Kelly was all bright and energenic. When she talked, her whole face lit up. But now when she was completely relaxed, she looked beautiful. Her face was kind of heart-shaped with tanned skin, a few freckles, long eyelashes and really full lips. And her body was hot too. Kelly was strong; she went to the gym a lot, so she had great definition in her arms and legs. But she also had a tiny waist and this incredible ass.”
― Melanie Ting, Hockey Is My Boyfriend

“If I confessed that my nighttime fantasies usually involved me playing on Team Canada at the Olympics, I would probably get pelted with takeaway cups.”
― Melanie Ting, Hockey Is My Boyfriend

“I'd been holding myself back. I wanted to get with Kelly, but I didn't know what she wanted. I knew she liked me, but I didn't know if it was more than that, so I kept waiting for the exact right time to let her know how I felt.”
― Melanie Ting, Hockey Is My Boyfriend

“When I was little, I figured I'd play in the NHL someday. It wasn't because I was the best player, but because I improved every single season. Some guys stayed the same or even got worse, so I imagined that I'd get better until I was the best. Stupid kid-thinking.”
― Melanie Ting, Hockey Is My Boyfriend

“According to my friends, my dad was kind of good-looking and he always seemed to be surrounded by all the blonde hockey moms. I could not see it myself; he looked like my dad.”
― Melanie Ting, Hockey Is My Boyfriend

“I couldn't stop staring at her; she looked different from other girls. It was weird, but I remember thinking that she looked like sunshine. Maybe it was her energy or something.”
― Melanie Ting, Hockey Is My Boyfriend