{"id":19079,"date":"2025-12-16T10:46:17","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T10:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/?p=19079"},"modified":"2025-12-16T10:46:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T10:46:21","slug":"business-is-booming-best-quotes-of-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/business-is-booming-best-quotes-of-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Business is booming!&#8221; &#8211; Best quotes of 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Why mince your words when you can make a statement? In part two of our review of the best quotes of 2025: Mondo Duplantis muses on the joy of home comforts, Gout Gout celebrates a successful debut and Noah Lyles makes a bold prediction for where he&#8217;ll be in five years time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8220;When I have the chance to sleep in your own bed, I prefer that&#8221; &#8211; Mondo Duplantis<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ahead of his home Diamond League meeting in Stockholm, Mondo Duplantis admitted that he was relishing a rare chance to sleep and eat at home, rather than in a hotel. It obviously did wonders for him, as he went on to break the world record on home soil for the first time in his career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;When you have the chance to sleep in your own bed, you should take it.&quot;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mondohoss600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@mondohoss600<\/a> might be staying at home, but he&#39;s locked in ahead of his home Diamond League!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DiamondLeague?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#DiamondLeague<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StockholmDL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#StockholmDL<\/a>\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddea <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hPUDGeZUZY\">pic.twitter.com\/hPUDGeZUZY<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Wanda Diamond League (@Diamond_League) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Diamond_League\/status\/1933852557568360946?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">June 14, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8220;Within the next month&#8221; &#8211; Gabriel Tual<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Asked in Paris when the men&#8217;s 800m world record would fall, Gabriel Tual stuck his neck out. In the end, it wasn&#8217;t to be, but 2025 was still a vintage year over two laps, as Tual and co. kept the heat on eventual champion Emmanuel Wanyonyi throughout the season. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;Within the next month&quot;<br><br>Gabriel Tual thinks the 800m world record is in imminent danger.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ParisDL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#ParisDL<\/a>\ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DiamondLeague?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#DiamondLeague<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dZZbAHJMGH\">pic.twitter.com\/dZZbAHJMGH<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Wanda Diamond League (@Diamond_League) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Diamond_League\/status\/1935695598893645902?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">June 19, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8220;Business is booming, I&#8217;m booming!&#8221; &#8211; Tara Davis-Woodhall<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyone who says there is no future in the field events should probably talk to Tara Davis-Woodhall. Ahead of her world-lead-equalling Diamond League victory in Eugene, the Olympic long jump champion reminded everyone why she and her event have been front and centre in recent years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;Business is booming.&quot;<br><br>Long Jump Olympic gold medalist <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tar___ruh?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@tar___ruh<\/a> is excited be a part of the elevation of women&#39;s events in athletics.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DiamondLeague?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#DiamondLeague<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EugeneDL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#EugeneDL<\/a>\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/K3hIDanj6T\">pic.twitter.com\/K3hIDanj6T<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Wanda Diamond League (@Diamond_League) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Diamond_League\/status\/1941253349199802486?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 4, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8220;This is the time I was expecting&#8221; &#8211; Faith Kipyegon<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After five world records in the last three Diamond League seasons, Faith Kipyegon was supremely unfazed when she smashed the 1500m world record for the third year in a row with 3:48.68 in Eugene. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"lazyload smush-lazyload-video smush-lazyload-youtube\" style=\"--smush-video-aspect-ratio: 500\/281\" data-bg-image=\"url(https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php?action=smush_video_thumbnail&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fembed%2FarCZF_JcLsQ%3Ffeature%3Doembed&#038;video_width=500&#038;video_height=281)\" ><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&quot;I was expecting it&quot; 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After storming to victory, he was already setting his sights on future battles with the likes of Noah Lyles and Letsile Tebogo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"lazyload smush-lazyload-video smush-lazyload-youtube\" style=\"--smush-video-aspect-ratio: 500\/281\" data-bg-image=\"url(https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php?action=smush_video_thumbnail&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fembed%2F_O9pYlHSmdU%3Ffeature%3Doembed&#038;video_width=500&#038;video_height=281)\" ><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&quot;I want to go out there and see what I can do&quot; - Gout Gout on Monaco win - Wanda Diamond League 2025\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_O9pYlHSmdU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\"><\/iframe><span class=\"smush-play-btn\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Play video\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span tabindex=\"0\" class=\"smush-play-btn-inner\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Play<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8220;I&#8217;ll either have taken over the track world or have three Olympic gold medals&#8221; &#8211; Noah Lyles<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With only three years to go until the next Olympic Games, six-time Diamond League champion Noah Lyles was asked in London where he saw himself a year after LA 2028. As it turned out, he has big plans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;I&#39;ll either have taken over the track world or have three gold medals at the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Olympics?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@Olympics<\/a>&quot;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LylesNoah?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@LylesNoah<\/a> has big goals for the next four years!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LondonDL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#LondonDL<\/a>\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DiamondLeague?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#DiamondLeague<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SkF6zKwH5i\">pic.twitter.com\/SkF6zKwH5i<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Wanda Diamond League (@Diamond_League) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Diamond_League\/status\/1946155962387050516?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 18, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8220;I think he likes the whisky here&#8230;&#8221; &#8211; Femke Bol<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Femke Bol stormed to yet another world lead and meeting record in Silesia this year. But as she accidentally let slip during the press conference, it seems her coach has another reason for heading to the Polish Diamond League meeting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;I think he likes the whisky here&#8230;&quot;<br><br>Femke Bol says her coach is also excited to be at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SilesiaDL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#SilesiaDL<\/a>\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf1 <br><br>\ud83d\ude05\ud83e\udd43<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DiamondLeague?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#DiamondLeague<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SvJE1SlnsY\">pic.twitter.com\/SvJE1SlnsY<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Wanda Diamond League (@Diamond_League) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Diamond_League\/status\/1956310159250145331?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">August 15, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the second part of our best quotes of 2025: Noah Lyles eyes world domination, Faith Kipyegon...","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":19082,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1279],"tags":[1096,6,889,757,424,533,624],"city":[],"class_list":["post-19079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-season-review","tag-1096","tag-diamond-league","tag-faith-kipyegon","tag-femke-bol","tag-mondo-duplantis","tag-quotes","tag-wanda"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19079"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19079\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19100,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19079\/revisions\/19100"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19079"},{"taxonomy":"city","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/city?post=19079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}