Where Are They Now?

GREG LLOYD

Linebacker

1988-97

Resides in Georgia

 

 

What is your current job and what does it entail?

I am a Master Instructor in Tae Kwan Do. We start them out at about age four and have black belts up to about 55-years of age. I teach twice a week. I don’t have a full schedule, but they are tough.

 

 

You started Tae Kwan Do as a player, correct?
I did. My instructor is still there in Pittsburgh - Grand Master Young Bo King. We talk at least once a week. I hurt my knee my first two years and Terry Long introduced to Master Kong who got me involved. I did it for the training and the legs. I was introduced to the discipline, competition and overall focus of it. It got you very focused if you weren’t. I carried it over to football. Teaching wise you start out on the bottom level but my mentality was being the head man in charge. My instructor went from Master Kong to Grand Master Kong and I saw how he did that and that is my goal, to become Grand Master. I have something to offer. We are not just about building champions; we are about building character and better citizens.

 

 

What is the fondest memory from your playing career?

It would have been Super Bowl XXX had we won, but for me it was training camp and the fun we had and the things we would try to get away with and the tricks we would pull on each other. Stuff like that. There wasn’t one particular thing, for me it was the camaraderie with the other players. It was the stuff that took place in the locker room, on the plane trips, things like that.

 

 

What was your best game?

I don’t know. I have had quite a few. I can remember having good games on Monday night. I remember there was one we were playing against the Dolphins.   

 

 

What did you like most about playing for the Steelers?

When I first came in I liked the idea that with Chuck Noll it didn’t matter where you went to school, if you could play you could play. There weren’t any of the  politics or anything like that. If you were a first-round draft pick and you couldn’t play, you didn’t play. I enjoyed the fans support more than anything. They knew the guys who played hard. They appreciated guys who put it on the line, who went out there and fought hard win or lose. More than anything that meant a lot to me. I was motivated to go out and give the fans a good show. I played for the fans and I enjoyed it.

 

 

Teammate you were closest to during your playing days?

When I first got there I would have to say God rest their souls, David Little and Terry Long. Tyrone Stowe and I were close. He is a preacher now. Also Larry Griffin, Delton Hall, Jerry Olsavsky and Bryan Hinkle.

 

 

Teammate who was the biggest character?

Right out of the box Fred McAfee. Also Tyrone Stowe, Delton Hall and Carnell Lake. Those were some of the jokesters. They kept things lively.

 

 

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