The contract status of quarterback Tua Tagovailoa has been an offseason topic for the Miami Dolphins and for national pundits debating whether the former Alabama All-American has done enough during his four NFL seasons to merit a long-term deal.

During his third annual “Luau with Tua” on Thursday night in Hollywood, Florida, to benefit the Tua Foundation, Tagovailoa was asked about his contract during a brief session with reporters.

But perhaps he also answered the question from the stage by picking up a guitar and leading a singalong of the Bob Marley and the Wailers’ hit “Three Little Birds.” The chorus of the song repeatedly advises: “Don’t worry about a thing ‘cause every little thing is going to be all right.”

Tagovailoa is scheduled to play the 2024 season on a fifth-year option. Miami picked up its option on Tagovailoa’s four-year rookie contract last offseason to keep him out of free agency this year, and it came with a guaranteed salary of $23.171 million for the 2024 campaign.

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But while the Dolphins have Tagovailoa under contract for 2024, Miami general manager Chris Grier said the team hoped to work out a long-term deal with the quarterback this offseason. That has led to some fretting among fans that Tagovailoa might not participate in the offseason program as a means of increasing the urgency of negotiations.

“I definitely knew that question was coming,” Tagovailoa said on Thursday night. “Just letting my agent deal with that and talk to the team about that. For me, my focus is when OTAs come, go to OTAs and be the best teammate I can be.”

Also on the football front, Tagovailoa said he was working with a private coach this offseason, John Beck of the quarterback-training program 3DQB.

Tagovailoa preferred to talk about the event for the Tua Foundation, a nonprofit organization “dedicated to the support of youth initiatives, health and wellness, and other charitable causes.”

“When I think of nights like this,” Tagovailoa said, “the word that comes to mind is impact – impact within the community, impact on who we’re giving back to and what we’re giving back to and what we’re giving for. We’re not giving for ourselves. We’re giving for others, and I think that’s the main objective here tonight.”

Tagovailoa shared a Samoan saying that he translated as: “The pathway to leadership is through service.”

“For everyone that’s here, this is their service,” Tagovailoa said. “This is their service by giving back, not expecting anything in return, so I’m very grateful for that.”

At the luau, the Tua Foundation presented a $25,000 donation to the Dan Marino Foundation, which works toward “empowering individuals with autism and other unique abilities.”

“I sort of had a newfound perspective on life having my own kids,” Tagovailoa said, “so being able to give back to youth, giving back to the kids. Those kids are the future generation, they’re the future of this world. Those guys are what’s going to make this world go around. And so for me, that’s my heart. My heart is giving. I think that’s also my love language is giving as well. The way it makes them feel, you see how it makes others feel. It makes them feel happy. But deep down inside, at least for me, I think that feeling is 10 times greater than what they’re feeling.”

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Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter at @AMarkG1.