Dontrelle Wayne Willis , nicknamed "The D-Train", is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher for the Detroit Tigers.
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“That's B.S. We lost. I don't pat myself on the back for that stuff. I don't need to make myself any excuses or any pick-me-ups. I can pick myself up. I'm a man and this is what happens. This is what comes with the game, all types of different situations and this is one of them.”
Dontrelle Willis
“Keep winning and get to the postseason, ... I won 20 games and they just dumped one beer on my head. It feels good because I'm helping my team win.”
“Individual statistics are fine and dandy, but it's lonely out there, ... You want to share with the 24 other guys that helped you be successful.”
“It was 4-1, and now it's 6-1, and it makes it that much harder to come back, ... It makes the (Astros') climb that much higher. So that's all I was thinking — putting more pressure on the opposition.”
“It's big for our team because it gives them an extra day. We're definitely going to need them. I know about having days off. They can be helpful sometimes, especially late in the year. It's just key to go out there and establish early, especially in this park where they can put up some crooked numbers early.”
“I can only imagine. It happened to me once, and I went over the edge.”
“Win or lose, I've been fortunate to be able to pitch deep enough into games to get decisions,”
“I feel I let my team down today, ... My heart is bleeding for everybody else. I felt like I should have gotten it done today. That's how it is. Sometimes you do, sometimes you don't.”
“We're professionals, we'll come back, ... We don't have enough time [to worry]. Nobody is going to feel sorry for us, to mope around. You think about what you did better today and come back tomorrow. We don't have a lot of time. This is it. We're definitely going to throw our backs to the wall and do it.”
“We are definitely a few but a proud few and we take a lot of pride in going out theere and competing.”