JFIFC    $ &%# #"(-90(*6+"#2D26;=@@@&0FKE>J9?@=C  =)#)==================================================K" }!1AQa"q2#BR$3br %&'()*456789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz w!1AQaq"2B #3Rbr $4%&'()*56789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz ?QEb3@(4bQEQEQEQEQEQEQEQEQEQEQEQEbj\; .Nv4mmv'aQPqF)>JXxNjܯK-<-\K53 8_Y麥6*83gT#€f5krJv }HW#`YH43vg9˳lH@'=Ff--&}ќ*{G?Jzt']Q؁*[:/+[&14A-]4ȪGz˧gӣ}Qc砡66) wxիqX#Y 82O늫vP}I1dp+z :=ťISUmMG.%b_* *eIq[RP꒭K F@Rf.X#1nx1_zdj\IpFB88${^Y*k(kcz|)$r qLR?_Z(+ٙNqGgnQԣUە9YM_Z1X 黩{mq4 }9? 2K *4m̒H:TX,7bQSu֞m[0;ө YM}giQF pMtnJNȭ:҄n%=|d+Jw[;u8e2ҾM JO%Q۹VV u Yvfw=Nz\V*ln+ ]Jm2J2F~m9eeֹhIc<քnoH UV:$5~'MyL06AګxSWCIhvQ]UNAǥyt;LU6ZԌ2(853kKW~Ub!2a_m 1h1s 8ȫu&\| mj1~Q$'v=qڰ1Bs{uu&:")ֻVu*=V㍾`'8_z\ZW#n=I2Jtl3}s^a)?MLͲ%9$>~u)'= :a3SfuAF2}B3Y% #E(' z˙<ǭv/;Dz(8W .`ncĎ&!׭q-z̉<*.V/fu>]Ǒ}袱;xw?mŸi 1N$r=~6m%턆Kw1Rz Wd <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 satisfied.&nbsp; When we were in Atlanta, some guy asked me, 'Now that you've gotten 25,000 points