It’s no coincidence that Patrik Antonius, Phil Ivey and a lot these really, really top players are in excellent physical condition. They’re in great shape, they eat healthily and I’m sure many of them have mental coaches, sparring partners of some kind. [..] I think in the next three to four years the players that will be successful will be those who are treating poker as a sport and taking it as serious as the top footballers and athletes.

Jesper Hougaard – 11/2009 – In Bluff Europe