JFIFC    $ &%# #"(-90(*6+"#2D26;=@@@&0FKE>J9?@=C  =)#)==================================================hK" }!1AQa"q2#BR$3br %&'()*456789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz w!1AQaq"2B #3Rbr $4%&'()*56789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz ?GrIn@gXjcԵ A5j\GZbH9t^K|m]$4? o2Bє'p ?ZiVN2Y085*iyqym$rINUyAi\GOpϦkujOh%ԛ j+6yܺJ2b9N翭;kj҉by$v'zGRw\grcI^]ڍJY^ERA8֫=;M `B$'I2Ĺ?7ӊ)ŭX븻$ZDmɬ ɐ9~HNтjޝ0]?9l"+YO,y,)#jKPWs_j1Z@|̫;f-D BRjƴGEi ͬ68pJÛZ-$KF<ҪϦƶa$~QH&84k3H?2RFq]-S *9<|"ƪ.~Ӵ ({GRMFeչ[X,п? [W--eD$nMnW<7[\8'ZW氩!:\ޟ!t $g?:ibru1]cju#*9x6fV3ܑ̌1R曟j H'TAkn}k-_ [L9O^tUEDݔl?.VJqn($3D"_pZ)< .}EiB\RgRh4tVST$e"'oGt zV0?PFFk3ēIP!OֶZSwb(hKܽΝm,Ĭݹ VͷE4~*g޹Q>xd-{mlŮ7a0L聾[ᚼ3.-c'S)ɡ**` %C(*{OBHEhs[8dtC~/ 4y u_Q,V!8Pʏ/meouqp>Rx?J}D*62+Έu-wXhl+3cz ʱjwh;3PaX$\{et'&KwZliHzp!4Ɩ05=NUkgu 0O UuQv(67tT0jL֊(rt and do it again.&nbsp; 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;