For 12-time champion jockey Ruby Walsh, being a professional sports person was never a popularity contest. He looked it as being a results based contest and never got too caught up in what people thought of him. That attitude served him well during his career, which spanned 24 years and yielded over 2500 winners. "People's opinion of me didn't overly bother me or worry me. Everyone wants to be popular, but I soon realised that the real popular guys in the weigh-room are the ones that aren't riding the winners," said Ruby Walsh speaking on We Become Heroes, an RTÉ Sport podcast.