Patrick Mahomes says he's determined to help inspire change after seeing video of George Floyd dying while a Minneapolis police officer kneeled on him.

"I can't watch the entire George Floyd video through and through," Mahomes said. "I've watched it in parts but it hurts me too much to my soul to see him and feel like I can't help.

"I wanted to sit back and listen. I didn't want to act off anger. I didn't want to act off hurt. I wanted to listen and make the best-informed decision that I think I could to help the world, help the community with my platform."

Mahomes last week issued a statement saying, in part, "I hope our country can learn from the injustices that we have witnessed to become more like the locker room where everyone is accepted. We all need to treat each other like brothers and sisters, and become something better."

Patrick Mahomes posted a statement to his Twitter account Monday saying "the senseless murders that we have witnessed are wrong and cannot continue in our country.''

"All I can think about is how I grew up in a locker room where people from every race, every background, and every community came together and became brothers to accomplish a single goal,'' wrote Mahomes, whose father, Pat, was a longtime major league pitcher.

"I hope our country can learn from the injustices that we have witnessed to become more like the locker room where everyone is accepted. We all need to treat each other like brothers and sisters, and become something better. Let's be the world where my little sister, generations to come, and even my future kids will grow up never having to experience these tragedies and instead love each other unconditionally!''

Mahomes also sent prayers to the family and friends of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery.

"As I have watched everything that has happened over the last week and even before then, I have tried to put my feelings into words,'' he wrote. "As a kid who was born with a black dad and a white mom, I have been blessed to be accepted for who I am my entire life, but that isn't the case for everyone.''

He concluded his post with: "Love and Unite! #JusticeForGeorgeFloyd"