JFIFC    $ &%# #"(-90(*6+"#2D26;=@@@&0FKE>J9?@=C  =)#)==================================================bK" }!1AQa"q2#BR$3br %&'()*456789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz w!1AQaq"2B #3Rbr $4%&'()*56789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz ?aݷ}PqʪvE޷R ft 8Qeb>P+i5:gf%s CIQ^ ¯^Md!㓐q~´jB1KC b')s3-1:.£===1UKěp2;HqQ_j[^ZrDbQ#z p&$-dvEC3ZҺ-_SO`ß֭;{㸆]Ă!pqko_4V93n@rz ݵ׆-'`7H ?h0dM7ͽoY+*x]Q.Vi\=F)29A3 "̻H mڳ.ow;vӢeXۃP,f nmlnO-a'#@[|HY$ Zy-'qu[!cX8Q+zձډ!, mcf!7)Ҩ#ǵVYBPN?'ӔWSˌI%[n%PFFJqޔ(9>="-g89FOb=MڌK(-b=Ѽ\bYؾq#@klg 4+|1ҕU,HU7aVcW9Ov`Q/ϓ$ПxGI^mԂ>N{mzzծ*5 I(}%aPIwmDwJl}H}RP}6е=o ȱr~ +''i6b7P[xUqBn91ǐ3v殺ɷG9_YyQ]W4oF|O4oQ{?萶[$ ,4֗OVC][v X.⪒{)& ֗,u=<qn̋ɶCS( 7}E;i_#qo2j̲0QUd@\f㚧~<~bf&ii s&pܶqI&MĭQHHG K{$r˅M*<4L ;ݩb7T!2URG=I #֊) ;S(C)^4Fk:ף}ET/֞AE nle 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 come at you every night."</P> <P><U>On getting his 25,000th point: