About the most beautiful city "It may sound strange from the mouth of a man who spent his life in Rome, but the most charming city on earth is New York. The culture and lifestyle of New York is amazing, acting like a huge magnet on me ".

About idol "My hero - Roy Keane. I carry on my back the 16th number in his honor, although it is also my daughter's birthday. Keen is the only person in the world whom I asked to take pictures with me. I also wanted to share a photo with Maradona, but I was ashamed to ask, but when I met Roy, nothing could hold me back ".

About Roma "More Roma, I love only my daughters. And this is true! ".

"I still keep dreaming about winning something important with Roma. Roma is strong enough, however, to be honest, there are stronger clubs.. But this fact will not make me stop dreaming.. Not to set ambitious goals means to lose motivation, and as a result, not to give all the best during training, to eat the wrong way, to break the regime. ”.

About loyalty "Sometimes I regret that I could not feel the atmosphere of El Clasico on my own skin or play at one of the beautiful English stadiums, but then animal horror overwhelms me when I realize that for this I would have had to leave Roma".

"I often hear talk of my altruism and loyalty to the team, but in reality my loyalty is dictated by selfishness. You must understand that Roma has always been much more important to me than I am to Roma.. Besides, I was always tritely afraid that I could not settle down somewhere else. ".

About red cards "At the beginning of my career, I constantly had problems with judges. I would be a real pain for them, again and again, partly because I thought that they harmed us. Similar incidents ended when that period of time passed.

"During my career, I received several red cards and, I must admit, I deserved almost all. Very few deletions made me confused and angry. ".

About what I will do after the end of my football career "I like my current lifestyle, and I already know that I will suffer when the time comes to end my playing career. I have to think about what will happen next. I have no desire to wake up every morning with the thought of what I should do today.. When choosing between a suit and a football uniform, I would prefer the latter ".

"I could be a coach, and it would certainly be to my liking. Maybe I could be an assistant to Eusebio Di Francesco or Luciano Spalletti, or another coach with whom I have a good relationship.. Thus, I see my future on the pitch and in the locker room, not in the office ".

About Ibrahimovic "I would never play against Zlatan, even if he is 40 years old and he will come out with a broken leg".

About Totti "With the departure of our historical captain, we are widowed. I was a captain largely due to the fact that Totti did not play so much. Little has changed on the field, but we lost our character, to which the fans went. Because of this, we have a big responsibility, especially me. Totti's care should have happened sooner or later.. We are not forever, including Francesco, despite the fact that many thought the opposite of him. ".

"I will brag to my grandchildren that I played with Totti. It is a great honor.. It’s hard to think of a man who would become a bigger symbol of his club than Francesco. And Totti - here he is, alive, real ".

About modern football players "Sometimes I feel like a grumbling old man and I begin to understand the veterans who grumbled in the days of my youth:" Nowadays, everything was not so ... ". Honestly, I am enraged by today's youth, especially its dependence on gadgets, Twitter and Instagram. When someone starts a live broadcast from the locker room, I just want to take a bat and cut it in the teeth ".

About dreams "I will not conceal malice and wish failure to the player who scored 300 goals in his career just because he himself is not capable of. And in general, I prefer not to torment myself for actions that I committed or did not commit. At the same time, I am a bit of a dreamer and do not deny myself the pleasure of presenting myself on the “top of the world”.

About my role for the team "I objectively evaluate myself and understand that I am not Lionel Messi, I can not decide the outcome of the matches alone. I am a cog in the command mechanism, but such a cog, without which everything can crumble ".

About the principal rival - Lazio "War with Lazio? Let's forget about the war, in the world and so there are enough of them. When you are going to do something, you first need to think about the consequences ".

"During the Roman derby, the city stops and you are thrown into the abyss of emotions".

About Buffon "The best goalkeeper in history can also be wrong, he's not a car. It would be better if he was wrong in the matches for Juventus, but I want too much ".

The promise of El Sharaavi "I used to make fun of El Shaarawy all the while he was fiddling with the mirror, straightening his hair. It even made him stop playing with his head, but he won for us the Roman derby, scoring a head, and stuffed me. I promised not to make fun of him anymore. ".

About Balotelli "He is not the person who creates problems in the dressing room. Yes, he may be violent, he may be on his mind, but he is good-natured ".

About football players' salaries "I strongly disagree with those who believe that this is easy money".