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"Emmitt Smith has revealed that he had no worries about what he might discover while taping Who Do You Think You Are? The football legend is one of seven celebrities - including executive producer Lisa Kudrow - who traveled into their past for the NBC series, which premiered last week.  Speaking to Digital Spy, he said: &amp;quot;I wasn&amp;#039;t [nervous], because you know what, whatever I found out wasn&amp;#039;t going to affect me or the way I think right now. &amp;quot;What it was going to do was either make me better or make me drive harder to continue to press towards the mark of something greater than what I am today. It wasn&amp;#039;t going to make me regress, put it that way.&amp;quot; He continued to say that he had &amp;quot;immediately&amp;quot; agreed to do the show when he was approached, explaining that it has provided him with a &amp;quot;great opportunity&amp;quot; to connect to his ancestors.  &amp;quot;Considering that I missed so many family reunions over my years due to football and my commitment to trying to become one of the best athletes that I possibly could become, this provided me an opportunity to stay connected with my family.&amp;quot; Who Do You Think You Are? continues this Friday at 8pm ET on NBC.  &amp;gt; Click here to read the full interview with Emmitt Smith "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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