JFIFC    $ &%# #"(-90(*6+"#2D26;=@@@&0FKE>J9?@=C  =)#)==================================================jK" }!1AQa"q2#BR$3br %&'()*456789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz w!1AQaq"2B #3Rbr $4%&'()*56789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz ?WT$Q33$m'G"Cj$N*w9Ӂ׭hxj (Cb_|WCoOKX&ɹH I՗:6ksV6zV, >b ; -Dgm䛅 Gͼ)cg$3G5QF6ysƲĊ>r-GǿN)*V;4uY"LbazXa}F,2[+q:t&X{W xFcR/"|7o #lEеcУ#PX]znNkŪiwQrC@=ʘ^ +R`yfXՌ'=u9o5Y(&5 O{^ y>gTLy87}FFkF4wcxn;-f'}'5։w+Ec:4[u3墖,N6ߜqX'VHX+9 =jS[agtuo42%DC`O<ݢ7]]btQ$3T{ j$ܟ@NU֚NJUI"]61.3EcPx{xI e'V'=++qў5x5+ER>VHTOZ^ގ8; R0x]aRHA=k{Ÿ.了g,Ydץt*"ch{fWΐ 2/>`^NS΍8E\91I9p*/̎CÖjfc.%(rp m9^Q[_ 69#+kx`B ^c)esSQT3z3 VSזZ%ڥP/U*+^o.ԴPǻ[Is*='}ذB[1?'yWF[ts Cvں(uv->"SXN:G~Ň[-Ep?w~e.[m.bihy~W4t߫)jk[3=wG*%z>+cmҽ*"؀*1uad9pY.6Ch t-Ex.X cK{dm^fdA+u;[Ӊd2 `ֵqj$BJ]K'ѱ? ZZc15fGb>z*.I0q@(6'KmAxݑTZ[Q$nK銡`ԷuUNMhhQyͲ QƆTP :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 another day.&nbsp; Some days I can be down but once the game starts, I get energy from somewhere and I go out and compete.&nbsp; In this league, you have to do that because guys