Marcus Rashford tried to influence society by wearing specially created blackout boots with words from forty pupils, inspired by his hero Muhammad Ali.

The Manchester United and England striker, who was awarded an MBE on Saturday for his services to disadvantaged children in the UK, has launched the “Marcus Rashford Boot Project” in observance of Black History Month and as part of his ongoing efforts to give voice to poor youngsters around the country.

The limited-edition, triple-black Nike Mercurial boots include handwritten responses to the question, “I am the future of…” Three schools with large percentages of pupils receiving free school meals—including Rashford’s elementary school—in Manchester, Harlow, and Sheffield are home to the kids who penned the comments.

On the laces of the boots, heavyweight world champion boxer Ali, Rashford’s hero and one of the greatest sportsmen of all time, is quoted as stating, “Recognize how every moment of our journey is an important part of the growth of our soul.”

Rashford will donate numerous pairs of boots to FareShare and the Trussell Trust as part of his commitment to eradicate child food poverty. Rashford will start wearing the boots against Belgium at Wembley and continue to do so throughout October.

The Muhammad Ali Foundation will also receive a pair of the boots, which commemorate Rashford’s tenure at the United academy system, where kids were only permitted to wear black boots. The boots won’t be available for purchase in any stores.

“This project was an opportunity for me to give millions of children in the UK a platform to share their voice and inspire the next generation,” Rashford said, having grown up with free school meals.

“If I hadn’t experienced what I did as a child, I wouldn’t be here now, fighting for change.

“I would convey my message with little impact. “I wanted to stand in Wembley Stadium with their voice with me, their messages written across my boots,” he added. “I wanted to give them an opportunity to succeed. Despite injustices and flaws in the system, children need to believe that they can accomplish their life goals. We must support and encourage our children to dream because sometimes that’s all they have.

Students from three different schools—Button Lane Primary School in Wythenshawe, which Rashford attended; Passmores Academy in Harlow, Essex; and Brunswick Community Primary School in Sheffield—provided the notes.

In an effort to help more vulnerable kids, Rashford, who launched a campaign in June that compelled the government to extend the free school food voucher program for the summer, pushed Prime Minister Boris Johnson this week to extend the program through the October half-term.

Rashford said, “Let’s stand together in saying that no children in the UK should be going to bed hungry,” following his MBE.