Jose Calderon apologized for participating in an offensive photograph with the rest of the Spanish National team.

"I felt so bad about it; I needed to think about it for a long time," Calderon said. "I didn't want to answer every time they were saying something, I just waited for the best moment."

"It was a mistake, a bad mistake," Calderon said of the picture, which showed members of the Spanish national team pulling back the corners of their eyes. "We weren't meaning to do anything hurtful, I take that like a lesson. ... I wanted to tell the people what I am, I've never had that problem before in my life, and it will never happen again."