NBA star DeMar DeRozan gave a candid interview about his struggles with depression

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• DeMar DeRozan admits to struggling with depression after sending out a cryptic tweet over All-Star weekend. 
• DeRozan says he has dealt with depression since he was a kid, but is glad he has decided to speak out. 
• He is having a fantastic season on the court for the Toronto Raptors. 

NBA star DeMar DeRozan recently opened up about his struggles with depression in an interview with the Toronto Star.

"It's one of them things that no matter how indestructible we look like we are, we're all human at the end of the day," the Toronto Raptors guard told the Star. "We all got feelings . . . all of that. Sometimes . . . it gets the best of you, where times everything in the whole world's on top of you."

DeRozan's interview came after he sent out a cryptic tweet over All-Star weekend, with the quote "This depression get the best of me," a lyric from the song "Tomorrow" by Kevin Gates. 

"I always have various nights," DeRozan told the Star. "I've always been like that since I was young, but I think that's where my [quiet] demeanor comes from."

Now, DeRozan is glad that he spoke up about his struggles. 

"Sometimes you hear things from other people, such as doing something like that [tweet]. There could have been a better way to take that approach, but I got great words from a lot of people," he said.

"It's not nothing I'm against or ashamed of. Now, at my age, I understand how many people go through it. Even if it's just somebody can look at it like, 'He goes through it and he's still out there being successful and doing this,' I'm OK with that."

Whatever struggles DeRozan may have with his mental health, they haven't affected his on-court performance at all. He recently appeared in his fourth NBA All-Star game and is averaging over 20 points a game this season, and has led the Raptors to first place in the Eastern Conference. 

There are some more great quotes in the article, so give the whole thing a read over at the Star's website.