How to remember 1000 digits of Pi

"How I want a drink, alcoholic of course, after the heavy lectures involving quantum mechanics!" - Can you remember this sentence?

Remembering a sentence of fifteen words is, for most of us, easier then a string of fifteen digits. Remembering a string of 1000 digits is impossible, unless you belong to the class of savants of prodigies. Remembering a text of 1000 words is possible though, not easy, possible.

There are however some limitations, you can only use words of 1 to 9 letters. The number of letters of a word represent the digit.

"How(3) I(1) want(4) a(1) drink(5), alcoholic(9) of(2) course(6), after(5) the(3) heavy(5) lectures(8) involving(9) quantum(7) mechanics(9)!"
3.14159265358979

Any suggestions for a better strategy to remember 1000 digits of Pi?