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If Shakespeare was alive today, he'd be writing wrestling shows. I never thought I was a bad person. I just thought I was the one good person living in a world of bad people. I am actually as good as everybody else pretends to be. It's scary. You cannot achieve success without the risk of failure. And I learned a long time ago, you cannot achieve success, if you fear failure. If you're not afraid to fail, man, you have a chance to succeed. But you're never gonna get there unless you risk it, all the way. I'll risk failure. Sometimes, half the fun is failing. Learning from your mistakes, waking up the next morning, and saying 'Okay. Watch out. Here I come again. A little bit smarter, licking my wounds, and really not looking forward to getting my ass kicked the way I just did yesterday.' So now, I'm just a little more dangerous. Christian! His parents had nine months to to think of a name, and the best they came up with was Christian!? My parents had nine months and they didn't call me Jew! That's not a prediction, that's a spoiler. One of the most important things you can accomplish is just being yourself. Once you believe in who you are and who you were born to be, it can be very powerful. I've learned over the years that when it comes to success, consistency is key. Consistent hard work that we may not like doing today, but for a payoff we'll love tomorrow. Earn it. Enjoy it. When you walk up to opportunities door, don't knock it... Kick that B*tch in, smile and introduce yourself If something stands between you and your success - move it. Never be denied. Success isn't overnight. It's when everyday you get a little better than the day before. It all adds up. One hard day of work proves you have heart. But day after day is what proves you have maturity and commitment. Success isn't always about 'greatness'. It's about consistency. Consistent hard work gains success. Greatness will come. I know how important it is to have people who believe in you even when you don't believe in yourself. Not only do I think being nice and kind is easy but being kind, in my opinion, is important.

Rules
Each expansion team was to select twenty-one players from the established clubs, three players from each of the 14 existing teams.: two goaltenders and nineteen skaters. Thus, a total of 42 players were selected.

The existing teams could protect two goalies and fifteen skaters. First-year pros were exempt. The existing teams could lose only a maximum of three players, including a maximum of one goaltender. The Seals, Canadiens, Flyers and Blues could exempt themselves from losing a goaltender because they had each lost a goalie in the 1970 Expansion Draft; however, the Canadiens and Blues chose to expose a goalie.

In the first two rounds, goaltenders were selected; skaters were selected in rounds three through twenty-one. After each of the first, third and subsequent rounds in which any of the established teams lost a player, the team in question moved one unprotected player to their protected list.

The draft order was to be determined by two coin tosses: one for the expansion draft and the other for the amateur draft. The two general managers, Cliff Fletcher for the Flames and Bill Torrey for the Islanders, agreed to have a single coin toss for first overall in the amateur draft. The winner would pick first in the amateur draft and the first choice of skaters in the expansion draft. The loser would have first choice of goaltenders and first choice in the inter-league draft (drafting minor-league professionals). The Islanders won the toss to select first in the amateur draft leaving the Flames to pick first in the expansion draft.

Protected lists
Boston: goaltenders - Gerry Cheevers and Eddie Johnston; skaters - Don Awrey, Garnet Bailey, Johnny Bucyk, Wayne Cashman, Phil Esposito, Ken Hodge, Don Marcotte, Fred O'Donnell, Bobby Orr, Ron Plumb, Derek Sanderson, Dallas Smith, Fred Stanfield, Carol Vadnais and Mike Walton.

Buffalo: goaltenders - Roger Crozier and Dave Dryden; skaters - Steve Atkinson, Mike Byers, Butch Deadmarsh, Al Hamilton, Tim Horton, Jim Lorentz, Don Luce, Ray McKay, Gerry Meehan, Gilbert Perreault, Tracy Pratt, Rene Robert, Paul Terbenche, Jim Watson and Randy Wyrozub.

California goaltenders - exempt; skaters - Ivan Boldirev, Gary Croteau, Stan Gilbertson, Joey Johnston, Pete Laframboise, Reggie Leach, Bert Marshall, Walt McKechnie, Gerry Pinder, Dick Redmond, Bobby Sheehan, Paul Shmyr, Rick Smith, Bob Stewart and Tom Webster.

Chicago: goaltenders - Tony Esposito and Gary Smith; skaters - Christian Bordeleau, J. P. Bordeleau, Bobby Hull, Dennis Hull, Doug Jarrett, Jerry Korab, Cliff Koroll, Darryl Maggs, Keith Magnuson, Chico Maki, Pit Martin, Stan Mikita, Jim Pappin, Pat Stapleton and Bill White.

Detroit: goaltenders - Andy Brown and Al Smith; skaters - Red Berenson, Gary Bergman, Arnie Brown, Guy Charron, Bill Collins, Alex Delvecchio, Gary Doak, Tim Ecclestone, Tom Gilmore, Larry Johnston, Al Karlander, Serge Lajeunesse, Nick Libett, Mickey Redmond and Ron Stackhouse.

Los Angeles: goaltenders - Gary Edwards and Rogie Vachon; skaters - Ralph Backstrom, Doug Barrie, Serge Bernier, Bob Berry, Larry Brown, Mike Corrigan, Paul Curtis, Butch Goring, Jim Johnson, Real Lemieux, Bill Lesuk, Barry Long, Gilles Marotte, Doug Volmar and Juha Widing.

Minnesota: goaltenders - Cesare Maniago and Gump Worsley; skaters - Fred Barrett, Jude Drouin, Barry Gibbs, Bill Goldsworthy, Danny Grant, Ted Harris, Buster Harvey, Dennis Hextall, Doug Mohns, Lou Nanne, Bob Nevin, Dennis O'Brien, Murray Oliver, J. P. Parise and Tom Reid.

Montreal: goaltenders - Ken Dryden and Michel Plasse; skaters - Pierre Bouchard, Yvan Cournoyer, Terry Harper, Rejean Houle, Jacques Laperriere, Guy Lapointe, Claude Larose, Jacques Lemaire, Frank Mahovlich, Pete Mahovlich, Henri Richard, Jim Roberts, Serge Savard, Marc Tardif and J. C. Tremblay.

NY Rangers: goaltenders - Eddie Giacomin and Gilles Villemure; skaters - Ab DeMarco, Jim Dorey, Bill Fairbairn, Rod Gilbert, Vic Hadfield, Ted Irvine, Bruce MacGregor, Jim Neilson, Brad Park, Jean Ratelle, Dale Rolfe, Bobby Rousseau, Rod Seiling, Pete Stemkowski and Walt Tkaczuk.

Philadelphia: goaltenders - exempt; skaters - Barry Ashbee, Willie Brossart, Bobby Clarke, Bill Clement, Gary Dornhoefer, Rick Foley, Bob Kelly, Ross Lonsberry, Rick MacLeish, Simon Nolet, Jean Potvin, Don Saleski, Dave Schultz, Ed Van Impe and Joe Watson.

Pittsburgh: goaltenders - Cam Newton and Jim Rutherford; skaters - Syl Apps, Larry Bignell, Dave Burrows, Steve Cardwell, Darryl Edestrand, Nick Harbaruk, Bryan Hextall, Sheldon Kannegiesser, Rick Kessell, Al McDonough, Greg Polis, Jean Pronovost, Duane Rupp, Ron Schock and Bryan Watson.

St. Louis: goaltenders - Jacques Caron and Peter McDuffe; skaters - Curt Bennett, Andre Dupont, Jack Egers, Chris Evans, Fran Huck, Mike Murphy, Danny O'Shea, Kevin O'Shea, Barclay Plager, Bob Plager, Phil Roberto, Gary Sabourin, Frank St. Marseille, Floyd Thomson and Garry Unger.

Toronto: goaltenders - Peter McDuffe and Jacques Plante; skaters - Bobby Baun, Ron Ellis, Brian Glennie, Jim Harrison, Paul Henderson, Pierre Jarry, Dave Keon, Rick Ley, Jim McKenny, Garry Monahan, Mike Pelyk, Larry Pleau, Darryl Sittler, Errol Thompson and Norm Ullman.

Vancouver: goaltenders - George Gardner and Dunc Wilson; skaters - Dave Balon, Gregg Boddy, Andre Boudrias, Dave Dunn, Jim Hargreaves, Dennis Kearns, Orland Kurtenbach, Wayne Maki, Gerry O'Flaherty, Rosie Paiement, Poul Popiel, Bobby Schmautz, Dale Tallon, Don Tannahill and Barry Wilkins.

Zhang
Zhang: • Making fifth main draw appearance at Roland Garros (sixth overall). Fell in 1r in 2010-12 and 2014 • Is bidding for her first Grand Slam main draw victory (0-13 in Grand Slam 1r matches) • First round victory last week in Nürnberg was her fourth main draw win of the season (now has a 4-7 record) • Her best results in 2015 have been reaching the 2r at Pattaya City (l. Zvonareva), Charleston (l. Makarova), Prague (l. Kovinic) and Nürnberg (l. Doi) • Also fell 1r at Brisbane, Australian Open, Miami. Bowed out of qualifying at Sydney, Dubai, Rome. Withdrew from Indian Wells w/hip injury • Has not won back-to-back main draw matches since her SF run at 2014 Birmingham • Owns a 3-24 lifetime record vs. Top 20 opponents with wins over No.1 Safina (2009 Beijing; ranked No.226 at the time, became lowest-ranked player to defeat a reigning world No.1), No.6 Kvitova (2014 Rome) and No.19 Stephens (2014 Birmingham). Faces No.12 Ka.Pliskova today Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/WTA 16 2015 ROLAND GARROS – WOMEN’S MATCH NOTES PARIS, FRANCE – MAY 24-JUNE 7, 2015 – GRAND SLAM TOURNAMENT • Won career-first WTA singles title at 2013 Guangzhou • Owns four doubles titles: 2011 Osaka (w/Date-Krumm), 2012 Oeiras (w/Chuang), 2012 Guangzhou (w/Tanasugarn), 2014 Pattaya City (w/Peng) • Made WTA debut at 2006 Beijing (in qualifying); made WTA main draw debut at 2006 Guangzhou • Has won 16 singles and nine doubles titles on ITF Circuit • Chinese Fed Cup team, 2007, 2009-10, 2012, 2014-15 and Chinese Olympic team 2012 • Father (Zhang Zhi Qiang) played professional football; mother (Wang Fen Qin) used to be basketball player

Nara
KURUMI NARA (JPN #57) vs. [2] PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #2) Head to Head: 0-0 KURUMI NARA 57 61 30-12-1991 (23) $205,611 $1,104,968 0 / 1 0 / 0 13-14 / 46-59 6-6 / 15-17 6-4 / 17-11 PETRA KVITOVA 2 7 08-03-1990 (25) $1,420,858 $18,523,316 2 / 16 0 / 0 26-5 24-7 / 273-129 7-3 / 86-50 3-2 / 58-34 WTA RANKING ROAD TO SINGAPORE LEADERBOARD DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) YTD PRIZE MONEY CAREER PRIZE MONEY SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) WIMBLEDON W-L (MD) YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) YTD / CAREER GRASS W-L (MD) YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) 2-2 1-2 / 3-7 0-0 / 36-11 0-1 / 0-6 0-1 / 0-2 1-1 / 34-35 0-0 / 31-7 0-3 / 1-13 2-3 / 62-60 Tournament History (* denotes qualifying) KURUMI NARA 2014 R2 L - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #31) 7-6(4) 6-1 R1 W - ANNA-LENA FRIEDSAM (GER #110) 6-4 6-4 2013 R3* L - CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #100) 6-1 7-5 R2* W - SACHA JONES (AUS #195) 6-3 6-3 R1* W - ANNE SCHAEFER (GER #205) 6-1 6-2 2012 R1* L - HEIDI EL TABAKH (CAN #168) 6-2 4-6 6-3 2011 R2* L - ARINA RODIONOVA (AUS #212) 6-3 6-4 R1* W - LENKA JURIKOVA (SVK #221) 6-4 6-3 2010 R2 L - NA LI (CHN #12) 6-2 6-4 R1 W - MARIANA DUQUE-MARIÑO (COL #115) 6-4 6-2 R3* W - STÉPHANIE DUBOIS (CAN #124) 7-6(2) 6-4 R2* W - TAMIRA PASZEK (AUT #261) 7-5 6-4 R1* W - SOPHIE FERGUSON (AUS #119) 3-6 6-3 6-2 PETRA KVITOVA 2014 F W - EUGENIE BOUCHARD (CAN #13) 6-3 6-0 SF W - LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #23) 7-6(6) 6-1 QF W - BARBORA STRYCOVA (CZE #43) 6-1 7-5 R16 W - SHUAI PENG (CHN #61) 6-3 6-2 R3 W - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #31) 5-7 7-6(2) 7-5 R2 W - MONA BARTHEL (GER #59) 6-2 6-0 R1 W - ANDREA HLAVACKOVA (CZE #118) 6-3 6-0 2013 QF L - KIRSTEN FLIPKENS (BEL #20) 4-6 6-3 6-4 R16 W - CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO (ESP #18) 7-6(5) 6-3 R3 W - EKATERINA MAKAROVA (RUS #27) 6-3 2-6 6-3 R2 W - YAROSLAVA SHVEDOVA (KAZ #55) W/O R1 W - COCO VANDEWEGHE (USA #108) 6-1 5-7 6-4 2012 QF L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #6) 6-3 7-5 R16 W - FRANCESCA SCHIAVONE (ITA #26) 4-6 7-5 6-1 R3 W - VARVARA LEPCHENKO (USA #53) 6-1 6-0 R2 W - ELENA BALTACHA (GBR #101) 6-0 6-4 R1 W - AKGUL AMANMURADOVA (UZB #96) 6-4 6-4 Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube: www.youtube.com/WTA QUICK HITS Nara: • Making third main draw appearance at Wimbledon (sixth overall); best result is reaching 2r on debut in 2010 (as qualifier, l. Li) and 2014 (l. V.Williams) • This is her tenth Grand Slam main draw appearance; bidding to match her best result at a major today by reaching 3r – also 2013 US Open (as qualifier, l. Jankovic) and 2014 Australian Open (l. Jankovic) • Defeat of Linette in opening match takes 1r Grand Slam record to 8-2; owns a 2-5 record in 2r matches, her last loss coming at this stage of Grand Slam was at 2015 Roland Garros (l. eventual R-Up Safarova) • Faces world No.2 and defending champion Kvitova today; only second time facing a Top 5 ranked player in main draw – lost to world No.5 A.Radwanska at 2014 Cincinnati • Highest-ranked opponent beaten to date is No.12 Errani (2014 Beijing) • Coming off reaching 2r at ‘s-Hertogenbosch (l. Mladenovic) and 1r loss at Birmingham (l. Siniakova); fell in qualifying at Eastbourne • Including 2015 Wimbledon 1r, record on grass stands at 4-7 (tour-level, main draw) • Opened 2015 with 2r exit at Auckland (l. eventual champion V.Williams) before SF run at Hobart (l. Brengle); Hobart represents best result of 2015 • Opening match loss at Australian Open (l. A.Radwanska); 2r at Pattaya (l. Rodina); 1r exit at Dubai (l. Wang) • Reached QF at Kuala Lumpur (l. Gajdosova) before falling in 1r at Indian Wells (l. Van Uytvanck); 3r at Miami (l. Gavrilova) • 1r losses at Marrakech (l. Arruabarrena), Madrid (l. Begu) and Rome (l. Gavrilova) • Reached third QF of 2015 at Nürnberg (l. Vinci) before 2r exit at Roland Garros (l. eventual R-Up Safarova) • Shortest player in Top 100, shortest players are: Nara (1.55m), Davis (1.57m) and Cibulkova (1.61m) WIMBLEDON - GREAT BRITAIN | Jun 29 - Jul 12, 2015 | GRAND SLAM MATCH NOTES All data as at Monday, June 29, 2015 2011 F W - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #6) 6-3 6-4 SF W - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #5) 6-1 3-6 6-2 QF W - TSVETANA PIRONKOVA (BUL #33) 6-3 6-7(5) 6-2 R16 W - YANINA WICKMAYER (BEL #19) 6-0 6-2 R3 W - ROBERTA VINCI (ITA #29) 6-3 6-3 R2 W - ANNE KEOTHAVONG (GBR #111) 6-2 6-1 R1 W - ALEXA GLATCH (USA #173) 6-2 6-2 2010 SF L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #1) 7-6(5) 6-2 QF W - KAIA KANEPI (EST #80) 4-6 7-6(8) 8-6 R16 W - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #4) 6-2 6-0 R3 W - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #11) 7-5 6-0 R2 W - JIE ZHENG (CHN #24) 6-4 2-6 6-2 R1 W - SORANA CIRSTEA (ROU #55) 6-2 6-2 2009 R1 L - MARIA KIRILENKO (RUS #59) 6-4 6-4 2008 R1 L - TATIANA PEREBIYNIS (UKR #67) 6-4 0-6 6-4 Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube: www.youtube.com/WTA • Top-ranked Japanese woman, ahead of Doi in Top 100. Reached a new career high ranking of No.32 before the 2014 US Open, where she was seeded for first time at a Grand Slam • Won career first WTA title in 2014 at Rio de Janeiro (d. top seed Koukalova in F); was also runner-up at 2014 Washington, DC (l. Kuznetsova in F) • Posted first Top 50 finish in 2014 (No. 44) and first Top 100 finish in 2013 (No.76) • Played first WTA main draw as WC at 2009 Osaka (l. Bartoli); played first WTA qualifying in 2008 at Tokyo [Pan Pacific] and Tokyo [Japan Open], both as WC; played first pro events of career on ITF Circuit in Japan in 2006 • On ITF Circuit has won five singles and three doubles titles • Coached by Natsuki Harada • Favorite surface is hard