JFIFC    $ &%# #"(-90(*6+"#2D26;=@@@&0FKE>J9?@=C  =)#)==================================================`K" }!1AQa"q2#BR$3br %&'()*456789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz w!1AQaq"2B #3Rbr $4%&'()*56789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz ?ΣؙeB+܁fI;'Au^3S&2lc\<Ok*|2@PHͤٓr톣e\&ߕKl֨-č.Jn;x[B}fk8eh_i#B׼ 4N{$6rfNpqZ szơi4R4sZ"AzoY6%)Þƻ6ME A>Pw~տ3q.jF1~TU­Fy'%:d1;w5{Hla;r]~'N$hI l@ k{zKh˲fmZMc+dJ<;qs R2:mnRPdl.½X -N[g4OnB~`1ץr=9I15[¾ufprHΡ}j櫋 RC,zT7&RmmvV/kiLRFD;w9R'PXsO]FtP4`ƀLVh8Ll؛?G {}|?֜|A>G|sBi\qp]2'PLVaEөo=F;49%ţd g&]|>qPm:IKc9BZR#re׫=ƅr"euu%G]Lrn/x*};bFMuV-",<#_ʩY,ҵKYp*_ [) 2'a5Q95pn*s[w6 i䴄+%šʾtd 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 come at you every night."</P> <P><U>On getting his 25,000th point:</U> "I never look over my shoulder because I'm still not