Tom Platz
Competitive bodybuilding has long attracted athletes who dedicate themselves to the physical demands of the sport, and the United States has produced many of its prominent competitors. Tom Platz is one such American bodybuilder, a U.S. citizen whose name appears in the record of the sport.
Born on June 26, 1955, in Fort Sill, Platz pursued bodybuilding as his occupation. That's the core of what the record shows: an American man, born in the mid-1950s, who worked as a bodybuilder. He uses American English, and his career was rooted in the United States, where bodybuilding has maintained a significant competitive presence.
The Library of Congress carries the authorized label "Platz, Tom" for him, which places his name within formal archival documentation. That cataloguing is a concrete marker of his documented standing, reflecting that his name registered in institutional records beyond the sport itself. For a bodybuilder, that kind of archival recognition is a specific, verifiable footnote to a career spent in athletic competition.
Quotes by Tom Platz
When I go out there onstage, I want to be more than just a blocky guy who waddles onto the posing platform. I want the girls to feel something.
After being taught sets and reps and working at it for a length of time you can’t paint by numbers anymore. It must come from within. Any artist has an emotional contact with their work. A true bodybuilder doesn’t just build muscle he creates muscle. You can’t be a robot.
Bodybuilding has been my life; if it weren’t for bodybuilding, I don’t know what I’d be doing. I look at bodybuilding as who I am.
Everyone has the ability to accomplish unique feats, everyone. You choose this. Become someone great in one other life. Forget about failing to many. Who cares? Doesn’t matter when you start or finish, just start, no deviations, no excuses.
When you promise yourself something, make a commitment, you can’t give up. Because, when you’re in the gym, you have to fulfill the promise you made to yourself. The people who can self motivate – in any field – are usually the ones who win. Regardless of talent.
If you fully believe you will be successful and can visualize yourself being successful, you will succeed.