It was a mutual display of excitement as Tua Tagovailoa took the mic before fans at Miami Dolphins training camp.
The timing couldn't have been more perfect. As the Miami Dolphins held their first open practice on Sunday morning at Baptist Health Training Complex, their quarterback,, the rising star, had just put pen to paper, signing the most lucrative contract in franchise history.
Wearing Dolphins shorts, a white T, and flip-flops, Tagovailoa, in a display of humility, shared, "It's life-changing. Words couldn't describe to me how that feels. It's unbelievable, but still, I'm not going to say,"Tagovailoa, 26, expressed his gratitude in a press conference after practice with his wife Anna, 2-year-old son Ace, 7-month-old daughter Mazey, and brother Taulia.
"After school, I had to do my homework as fast as I could because once my father came home, it wasn't about school. Your mind better be ready to go for practice. If you didn't practice a certain way and if it wasn't to his standard, then okay, now I have to do extra work, or we're going to have a talk, that's for sure.
"Now that all of this is done and behind us, we know how heavy is the crown, so, whoever's wearing that right now, I'm the highest paid employee in this office, so I got to get my whatever to get my guys moving in the direction that we need to go to do those things." Tagovailoa admitted he has never had a real job besides playing football and couldn't think of his first expensive purchase.
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