MOBILE VERSION Quotes and wishes: «Training»
Concentration level
My concentration level blocks out everything. Concentration is why some athletes are better than others. You develop that concentration in training and concentrate in a meet.
Edwin Moses
Quotes and wishes: «Training»
For just ten seconds
A lifetime of training for just ten seconds.
Jesse Owens
Quotes and wishes: «Training»
Gold medals
Gold medals aren’t really made of gold. They’re made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts.
Dan Gable
Quotes and wishes: «Training»
There is nothing like training and preparation
In the sports arena I would say there is nothing like training and preparation. You have to train your mind as much as your body.
Venus Williams
Be Kind to Animals Week
Be Kind to Animals Week is celebrated each year during the first week in May. It is a great opportunity to celebrate our love of animals and rem..→
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International Workers’ Day (May Day)
International Workers’ Day, also known as Labour Day in some places, is a celebration of labourers and the working classes that is promoted by t..→
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National Day of Prayer
For many Americans, every day is a day of prayer. More than half (55%) of Americans say they pray every day, according to a 2014 Pew Research Ce..→
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World Press Freedom Day
The international day was proclaimed by the UN General Assembly in 1993 following a Recommendation adopted at the 26th Session of UNESCO’s Gener..→
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Free Comic Book Day
1933 - First comic book is released. Comic books are a big business. Free Comic Book Day is the best day of the year, where comics from publishe..→
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International Firefighters’ Day
Workers within the firefighting industry are one such group that deserve recognition, responding to thousands of incidents every day with a spee..→
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International Day of the Midwife (International Midwives Day)
International Day of the Midwife was first celebrated May 5, 1991, and has since been observed in over 50 nations around the world.
The idea of..→
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International No Diet Day
It is the time of year that so many of us begin to think about the coming summer months of bared bodies — shorts, swimsuits, sleeveless tops. Fo..→
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National Nurse Week and National Nurses Day or National RN Recognition Day
Each year from May 6 to May 12, we recognize the invaluable work of nurses during National Nurses Week. Nurses are the first line of defense in ..→
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School Bus Drivers Appreciation Day in Ohio
School buses provide an estimated 10 billion student trips every year.
School buses in North America are distinguished from other bus types by ..→
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Teacher Appreciation Day in Ohio
The first Tuesday of the first full week in May is designated as "Teacher Appreciation Day."
(Ohio Revised Code - GENERAL PROVISIONS ..→
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World Asthma Day
Ethnic differences in asthma frequency, illness and death are highly connected with poverty, city air quality, indoor allergens, not enough pati..→
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Day of the Teacher in California
“Day of the Teacher” arose out of legislation co-sponsored by CTA and the Association of Mexican American Educators. Sen. Joseph Montoya wrote t..→
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Emancipation Day in Mississippi
In Columbus, Mississippi, Emancipation Day is celebrated on May 8, known locally as "Eighth o’ May". As in other southern states, the ..→
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Hernando de Soto Day
Hernando de Soto (c. 1500 – May 21, 1542) was a Spanish explorer and conquistador who led the first European expedition deep into the territory ..→
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National Student Nurses Day
As of 1998, May 8 was designated as National Student Nurses Day, to be celebrated annually. And as of 2003, National School Nurse Day is celebra..→
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Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives during the Second World War
By resolution 59/26 of 22 November 2004, the UN General Assembly declared 8–9 May as a time of remembrance and reconciliation and, while recogni..→
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Truman Day in Missouri
On President Truman’s desk in his White House office there was a painted glass sign "The Buck Stops Here". On its reverse side the sig..→
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World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day
The Red Cross Day was celebrated for the first time throughout the world on 8 May 1948, the anniversary of the birth of Henry Dunant, the founde..→
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Ascension of Jesus
The Ascension of Jesus (anglicized from the Vulgate Latin Acts 1:9-11 section title: Ascensio Iesu) is the Christian teaching found in the New T..→
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Confederate Memorial Day in North and South Carolina (State holiday)
In North and South Carolina, May 10 marks the anniversaries of the death of Thomas Jonathan ’Stonewall’ Jackson (a general in the Confederate ar..→
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International Migratory Bird Day
The bird that makes the longest migration is the bar-tailed godwit (Limosa lapponica) from Alaska. Its non-stop flight distance is about 7 000 k..→
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International Myalgic Encephalomyelitis / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Awareness Day
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) is a very real disorder. It is known that Myalgic Encephalomyelitis is an auto..→
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International Nurses Day
The largest number of nurses is in Finland: 2162 nurses to 100 000 people. For example in Haiti the ratio is 5:100 000.
International Nurses Da..→
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World Migratory Bird Day
In 2006, the United Nations established World Migratory Bird Day to be held on the second weekend of May every year. The event was founded as an..→
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International Day of Families
Very often in modern families husbands and wives are so busy at work, with children, TV, Internet and etc that they spent only 4 minutes a day t..→
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Malcolm X Day in Berkeley, California
Malcolm X Day is an American holiday in honor of the civil rights leader Malcolm X which is celebrated either on May 19 (Malcolm’s birthday), or..→
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World Hypertension Day
Blood pressure changes during the day. It is lowest as you sleep and rises when you get up.
World Hypertension Day is a day designated and init..→
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World Telecommunication and Information Society Day
Interesting Facts: During President Lyndon Johnson’s term, many people misdialed the White House number and instead reached the home of a New Yo..→
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International Museum Day
Top facts about museums: the Spam Museum at Austin, Minnesota, has ‘Spambassadors’ giving out Spam cubes on sticks; the Museum of Death in Holly..→
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Day of the Holy Trinity. Pentecost
In Christianity, Pentecost (Day of the Holy Trinity) is celebrated fifty days after Easter Sunday, inclusively (i.e., 49 days with the first day..→
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International AIDS Memorial Day
Every third Sunday in May, people around the world gather to honour and celebrate the lives of those who have been affected in some way, by the ..→
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Emancipation Day in Florida
Emancipation was proclaimed in Tallahassee on May 20, 1865, 11 days after the end of the Civil War and two years after the proclamation was firs..→
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National Vegetarian Week
Many vegetarians follow a meat-free diet in an attempt to lower the pressure meat production places on the environment. According to wikipedia.o..→
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Ohio Turfgrass Week
Interesting facts about grass. It is believed that the tallest grass grows in savannas and jungles. However, there are plants belonging to the g..→
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World Metrology Day
The International Prototype Kilogram was commissioned by the General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) under the authority of the Metre ..→
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International Tea Day
It was the American Thomas Sullivan who accidentally invented the teabag when he sent out samples in small silk pouches to customers in 1904. Th..→
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World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
In 2001, UNESCO adopted the Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity and in December 2002, the UN General Assembly, in its resolution 57/249,..→
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International Day for Biological Diversity
Interesting facts about frogs. Frogs are amphibians which inhabit almost all the planet. They live in water, on the ground, on the trees, even a..→
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Crohn’s and Colitis Awareness Day in Ohio
Crohn’s disease, also known as Crohn syndrome and regional enteritis, is a type of inflammatory bowel disease that may affect any part of the ga..→
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International Day to End Obstetric Fistula
Obstetric fistula is one of the most serious and tragic injuries that can occur during childbirth. It is a hole between the birth canal and the ..→
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International Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories
The UN General Assembly, by its resolution 60/119 of 8 December 2005, requested the annual observance of the Week of Solidarity with the Peoples..→
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Jefferson Davis’ Birthday in Mississippi
11 Things You May Not Know About Jefferson Davis:
1. Davis was not a secessionist leader.
2. As a West Point cadet, Davis was arrested for par..→
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International Day of UN Peacekeepers
As of January 31, 2015, 91 802 servicemen and military observers, 12 433 policemen, 5325 international civil servants, 11 762 local civil serva..→
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World Multiple Sclerosis Day (World MS Day)
World Multiple Sclerosis Day is held on 30 May every year, though events and campaigns take place throughout the month of May. The 2019 campaign..→
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