QUOTES FROM MARK

 

As I said on my "About Mark" page, Mark appears on TV quite regularly, including "V8

Superstars", "RPM", the "Three Stooges Segment" of "RPM" on Raceday, Race Coverage,

"Sports Tonight", and so on. He has also appeared on variety shows, such as "Rove Live"

and "Battle Of The Sexes". He also does interviews for magazines and newspapers.

Throughout the years, Mark has said some classic lines.

 

 

Here are some of his best.....

 

 

** "It was a Ford, so it didn't really matter", Mark Skaife **

“This quote was in reference to a Ford catching on fire at Barbagallo and comes from 'V8 Superstars', Channel 10 ”

 

 

** "I'm a control freak. That's why I drive a Commodore", Mark Skaife **

“This quote comes from the first Holden Commodore TV Commercial featuring Mark”

 

 

** "We're in the entertainment business, but we can't take the sport

out of motorsport", Mark Skaife **

“This quote was in reference to Reverse Grids and comes from 'RPM', Channel 10 ”

 

 

** "I love cars and I love racing, but I love the competition most.

If we were racing lawn mowers tomorrow, I'd be on one. That's

what makes me continue to do what I do", Mark Skaife **

“This quote comes from a book called 'Inside Story' which features 20 Famous Australians,

one of which is Mark, written by Ross MacDowell”

 

 

 

Mark, 2000.

“This photo comes from the official Autopics Site”

 

 

 

** "Personally it was probably as satisfying as any of them. It would

probably be my most, because it was just one of those drives where

I took heaps of risks, and at the end of the day they paid off, so I mean,

on those days you get some rewards for that ", Mark Skaife **

“This quote was about his 2000 Adelaide 500 win, comparing it to a Bathurst win

and comes from 'RPM', Channel 10, 2000”

 

 

** "Well I mean we didn't have a big fit of the giggles about it, Billy,

I wouldn't think, you know, you only spend millions of dollars to

make the cars go faster, you don't exactly like having them slowed

down", Mark Skaife **

“This quote was about parity and the Commodore front spoiler and comes from 'RPM', Channel 10”

 

 

** "No-one's ever going to agree about it. If you handed it over to the

Ford teams, they'd want to cut the back wing off totally", Mark Skaife **

“This quote was about parity and the Commodore front spoiler and comes from 'RPM', Channel 10”

 

 

 

Mark in his car, 2000.

“This photo was taken by Dirk Klynsmith and comes from

the Graphic Dak Photography Site”

 

 

 

** "The classic is, Billy, that you know, Neil Crompton used to do this

thing with me, and he's got more driving suits in his cupboard than

anyone in Australia, and now Richo's gone with him, I mean, he's

driven for everyone", Mark Skaife **

“This quote was about Steven Richards changing to FTR and now doing the '3 Stooges

Segment' and comes from 'RPM', Channel 10, 2001”

 

 

** "No idea. 5 bucks? We're not worried about 5 bucks!!", Mark Skaife **

“This was Mark's answer to the question 'Name the dame on the Aussie $5 bill'

on 'Battle of the Sexes', Channel 10, 1998”

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** "I told you before, I'm a control freak, so I'd never put myself

in a situation I couldn't control. That's why I love the new VX

Commodore", Mark Skaife **

“This quote comes from the second Holden Commodore TV Commercial featuring Mark”

 

 

** "The only thing that didn't hit me in Adelaide was the safety

car", Mark Skaife **

“This quote was referring to the 2001 Adelaide 500 and comes

from 'The Advertiser' Newspaper, Adelaide, October 2001”

 

 

 

The following quotes are from when Mark and Craig Lowndes appeared

on "Rove Live" on Channel 10, in early 2001. They were asked questions

about each other which required a true or false answer.....

 

 

** Rove (to Craig), "Does Mark like Engelbert Humperdink?" **

** Craig, "False" **

** Mark, "Actually, I'd like to say false, but I do actually like him.

It's a bit of a worry. Imagine 10 years ago admitting to that!! " **

 

 

** Rove (to Craig), "Mark only wears boxer shorts made by his Aunty " **

** Mark (to Craig) , "If you said it's true, I'm gonna knock you out!!" **

** Craig, "False" **

** Mark , "Actually it worries me how Lowndesy knows about my undies!!" **

 

 

 

Mark after winning the round at Eastern Creek, April 2001.

“This photo comes from the official AVESCO Site”

 

 

 

** The Official Holden Racing Team Site **

 

 

*********** Mark Skaife "There Goes My Hero" ************