Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa said Wednesday he considered walking away from football “for a time” after suffering multiple concussions last season
. “I considered it for a time, having sat down with my family, having sat down with my wife and having those kind of conversations, but it will be hard for me to walk away from this game with how old I am,” the 25-year-old told reporters. “I always dreamed of playing as long as I could to where my son knew exactly what he was watching his dad do. It’s my health. It’s my body. I feel like this is what’s best for me and my family.
” Tagovailoa said it wasn’t tough watching his injuries from this past season for his training sessions. “I want to get better at everything that I can do to help the team win games. I know the biggest one is my health, staying out on the field,” he said. “I was able to watch that with my jiu-jitsu coach and we were able to kind of relive the scenario in how I got tackled, how I fell – and it wasn’t just one particular game.
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