Kevin Kim
“King of the Challengers” No More
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Kevin Kim:
“King of the Challengers” No More
GS: Were you a good student?
KK: I was average — B's, a couple C's, a couple A's.
GS: How were your parents about grades?
KK: A lot of Asian parents are very strict about straight As. They weren't really like that.
GS: Did you play any other sports?
KK: I started golf and tennis at the same time. My dad was very motivated by tennis so I stopped golf.
GS: Are you any good (at golf)?
KK: I'm terrible. I still play but it's a war out there. I get frustrated.
GS: Give us some memories from when you were a little kid. First crush, getting in trouble, etc.
KK: I didn't really get into too much trouble. Let's see I remember we went skiing quite a few times in the winter. I was never arrested. My first crush was in high school. Never panned out. I asked her out and I got rejected. Let me come back to that.
GS: Describe a typical day in the offseason.
KK: In the off season, I'm basically on the court. Maybe I'll hit two hours in the morning and then I do a lot more running. Basically it all revolves around tennis. Weight lift, run. Usually I'll take a break for a week or two, then I'll start to get ready for next year.
GS: What are your hobbies off of the court?
KK: Just reading. I read a lot of business books trying to keep up. I like reading autobiographies. I just find inspiration [in them]. Computer books. I don't read too many storybooks or fiction. After tennis I want to go into finance or investment. Since I'm not in school I want to keep updated so that when I go back to school I'll be caught up on what's going on.
GS: When do you plan on going back to school?
KK: When I'm done with tennis, probably in a couple of years. I want to go back and finish. You basically need a degree.
GS: Back to UCLA?
KK: Yeah, I don't know actually. I want to go to UCLA, but I don't know.
GS: Do you have a girlfriend?
KK: I don't.
GS: What kind of food do you like?
KK: Corean (Korean) food — kalbi or kimchee or naeng myun. Like I was in Europe for the past two months. I didn't get too much Corean food so when I come home my mom makes a lot of Corean food. I also like Italian food, sushi.
GS: Favorite restaurant?
KK: Besides Corean? There's a sushi restaurant in studio city called the sushi katsu. It's great. A little expensive but supposedly if you put sauces on your sushi, like if you use soy sauce, they'll kick you out. We went in and there were two of us and we said there were two more coming and they said, “All right, come back when there's four.” [Laughs] It's a really good restaurant. That's all I know. I live closer to Westwood so I just hang out over there. A lot of my friends went to UCLA and live over there.
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