Most of the best poker players on Earth have went broke many, many, many times or have been broke to start. Its the nature of the beast. And when I say broke, I dont mean..."Aw shucks, I dont have money to get in that game." I mean "Holy ****, how am I going to eat today?"
Phil Ivey is the hands down the best player on Earth. He used to be a telemarketer. Lol... seriously. Its funny too because he said he was pretty good at it. Haha. Funny but not surprising.
Read the book "Deal Me In." Its a bunch of short stories of 20 top pros stories of their rise and fall and rise, etc. Mini biographys. A very inspiring read.