David [Halberstam] kept on doing what he did because he loved it. One of the obituaries I read quoted him as saying that he did journalism for the same reason the great Julius Irving did basketball: He loved doing it… — Jonathan Yardley Copy Share Image
![“David [Halberstam] kept on doing what he did because he loved it. One of the obituaries I read quoted him as saying that he did journalism for the same reason the great Julius Irving did basketball: He loved doing it even when he was having a bad day.” quote by Jonathan Yardley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/021/jonathan-yardley-53847_bad-day_david-halberstam-kept-on-doing-what-he-d_896102.jpg)