JFIFC    $ &%# #"(-90(*6+"#2D26;=@@@&0FKE>J9?@=C  =)#)==================================================gK" }!1AQa"q2#BR$3br %&'()*456789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz w!1AQaq"2B #3Rbr $4%&'()*56789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz ?h|1yzs.>u#ڪAPt0[BsNQoc/4 :/ֶ-<55Πf3Wh,+҆<tpMi=9תY0JqZ׊ա%XDOeu52kQºVz_ZV~(9 9C/$mӼkGNu8 僃Կ^ZZdųK{%=7CYKu{y+HTw$+Ѵ8 bx'S9{ g45q)4w~]R?v鵋}'_&Iq2` ޻+S-AMM\4MYZ|[&bc7m bE֠oX/#Wz6m;o,{5ex'Hby_9erG$rOO׼M֞lӀ[@~g>w殷Kq,|\c^ mbVO.%;F*ݍWف)4.&}]Xmb8zwH7X,3 gxH'5D߱ZV4, _g&G!EɱBY1r1ťiq!9Ǧ=+ExeIϾG$jsWhN{+J*wΞ6.~٭\i0=zލ_雓jkq~͂V|ah590si$FM2:}+Q9y !(j6ŜF&ycϧ|i3W1:aXi&jp&yUc+*@AKLċI$,흀qWUޏ1Y{XzUh܌qֶf(㨫cAR:Tum"H1 .P5VKF7_$ h32=j)U%;itx=O\9E[{jqIE`=â'tWP!PWWFBǍS'fQ?!0 ~W7#(S~?0 J珏\"7!~ !J\ƍ:5 .˥V6JOx ޺Y]io$, /B 7CR{"?gQƆTP :h jiJ\QS@(Է6;ʁT>Q7׵YJDv+4u@!斒; And, I'd bet my last wad of bubble gum that Karl Malone could stay above 300 pounds with 100 trips up and down the court.&nbsp; Now are you impressed?"&nbsp; Every time, I get this big wide grin as they answer in the affirmative.&nbsp; Perhaps Karl Malone's biggest physical asset is his stamina.&nbsp; I have never seen anything like it.&nbsp; Watch him play!&nbsp; It's amazing to witness a 6-9 260-pound man beating everyone on the transition and score so many easy baskets with a lot of them coming in the 4th quarter.&nbsp; </P> <P><STRONG>COACH JERRY SLOAN ON KARL MALONE:</STRONG> Karl has never stopped doing what we've asked him to do.&nbsp; Nobody can appreciate that more than me or our coaching staff.&nbsp; Work is something Karl Malone has never shied away from and he has reaped some reward for that with his MVP Trophy.</P> <P><STRONG>KARL MALONE ON KARL MALONE:</STRONG> <U>On missing only four games:</U> "My mother worked from 9-to-5.&nbsp; I only work two or three hours a day.&nbsp; I have never felt mentally that I didn't want to play a game.&nbsp; Sometimes I wish a game was on anot