'The only thing I ever wanted was to wear this shirt,' Roma Captain Francesco Totti admits.
After revealing that the game meant 'everything to him', the 40-year-old spoke about differences in modern football.
"Before, it was more tactical, and now it is more physical,” Totti continued in his interview with the New York Times.
"I preferred it before. It was more technical, more calm. To me, that is football.
'The only thing I ever wanted was to wear this shirt,' Roma Captain Francesco Totti admits.
After revealing that the game meant 'everything to him', the 40-year-old spoke about differences in modern football.
"Before, it was more tactical, and now it is more physical,” Totti continued in his interview with the New York Times.
"I preferred it before. It was more technical, more calm. To me, that is football.
"Football is technical and mental. Everything is in your head. You have to understand where the ball is and where you want it to go.
"I like it when I am thinking, about what I have to do, about whether to change my position. When I think, it is difficult to make mistakes.
"I would like to think that in the youth teams there is someone who can do what I have done, what Daniele De Rossi is doing, and stay here for as long as possible, but it is hard in modern football."
What has the talisman found difficult during his 24-year professional career with the club?
"There is more pressure, more responsibility, because I am Roman.
"The only thing I ever wanted? Just to wear this shirt. That is the only thing."