tavis: i like that name tommy schlammy. >> you doing? i'm tommy schlammy.avis: i have always loved his name. i want to go back to this phrase you used. that hit me and resonated with my spirit. i like the way you phrase it, that there is power in commitment. there is power. how did you come to believe that notion? >> i mean, i guess just life. i do not really know how i came to believe it. years later it was reaffirmed by noah jones. i heard him preach a message on. i guess it came within me. after set your mind on something. it goes back to the scriptures -- a double minded man is unstable and all his ways. after set your gaze, and say, this is where i am going. i will keep pressing towards the mark. if you look back at history, whether it is the civil-rights movement, it is the same thing. in the midst of it, they set their gaze. they may not have reached there, but the movement kept going. we are reaping the benefits of those who came before us. i guess -- as a personal item, i think about my grandparents and journey. they came from to make. like some of