“Michigan State already has one of the coolest mascots in college football, but if Sparty ever needs a day off, Javon Ringer could do the job. After all, he already does just about everything else for MSU.” IfsNeedsDoeStatesJobsFootballCollegeMichiganDays OffCollege FootballMascotsMichigan State Author:Javon Ringer
“My stepfather used to be a clown in The Shrine Circus. He took me backstage when I was 23. I saw three elephants chained to the cement floor in the warehouse of the Michigan State Fairgrounds. Sadness, hopelessness and fear were emanating from their eyes, from their bodies. They were swaying neurotically from side to side. A monkey was screaming in his cage, grabbing the bars of his prison. Two tigers were pacing feverishly in their tiny cages. Cruelty was staring me in the face. I knew something was wrong. If you pay attention to energy, you can tell when a fellow being is in peril.” IfsTwoStatesBodyEyeFacesUsedThreeEnergySidesPayAttentionSawsSadnessFellowsPrisonTinyBarsCrueltyUsed To BePay AttentionStaringMonkeysElephantsTigersCagesHopelessnessClownPerilCircusMichiganCementChainedShrinesGrabbingPacingWarehouseStepfathersSwayingMichigan State Author:Gary Yourofsky
“I am old enough to remember when America's K-12 public schools were the best in the world. I am a proud graduate of them, and I credit much of my success to what I learned in Detroit Public Schools and at Michigan State University.” WorldStatesEnoughSchoolAmericaRememberProudUniversityCreditGraduatesRemember WhenPublic SchoolDetroitMichiganMichigan State Author:Eli Broad
“You can take Saban's record when he was at Michigan State and when he was a coach in the Big Ten and put it against mine, and he can't compare.” StatesBigsRecordsMinesTenCoachesCompareMichiganMichigan State Author:Bret Bielema
“I'm pleased to say I am here for life at Michigan State.” StatesMichiganMichigan State Author:Tom Izzo
“Michigan State is always welcome at Ann Arbor. Your teams in all the various branches of athletics are more frequent visitors here than those of any other institution. This is as it should be, for not two universities are closer together in every way than Michigan State and Michigan.” WayShouldTwoStatesTogetherSportsTeamInstitutionsUniversityVariousCoachesWelcomeBranchesWorking TogetherAthleticsFootballerVisitorsMichiganCooperation TeamworkArborsMichigan State Author:Fielding H. Yost
“Right now, hail to the Michigan State Spartans.” StatesRight NowHailMichiganMichigan State Author:Brent Musburger
“...it would be a simple way of solving the goiter problem. And in addition to that it would be the biggest thing in a medical proposition to be carried out in the state of Michigan, and Michigan is a large place. And as I thought of the thing the more convinced I became that this oughtn't to be a personal thing, This ought to be something done by the Michigan State Medical Society as a body. Recommending the addition of a trace of iodine to table salt.” WayStatesDoneProblemBodyWould BeSimpleOughtTablesConvincedMedicalSaltPropositionsMichiganPersonal ThingsSimple WaysIodineMichigan State Author:David Murray Cowie
“There's no other state, none, that's as connected to their basketball program as this one. Because those other states have other programs. Michigan has Michigan State, California has UCLA, North Carolina has Duke. It's Kentucky throughout this whole state, and that's what makes us unique.” StatesWholeBasketballUniqueProgramConnectedCaliforniaCarolinaDukesMichiganKentuckyNorth CarolinaUclaMichigan State Author:John Calipari