JFIFC    $ &%# #"(-90(*6+"#2D26;=@@@&0FKE>J9?@=C  =)#)==================================================`K" }!1AQa"q2#BR$3br %&'()*456789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz w!1AQaq"2B #3Rbr $4%&'()*56789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz ?mo9%dI`1XӼ7oc$A4ĻQ֑6v¨0$ Υu58'R~۹k[ & ڻէ9,5Y\gQ_%oQ{s خ0k3x'!ST}2ir9e94gME[D{o-T^l\>뻯I=/)lzg hz@d]V\.L֝mN^-A__uqhV^'l"%?r­W޺v3% -uWvd+I?st;4j{h)Y⻝5~aFTUW=eENG|8%Z5\Ե8#yA@}qSor[fv<~x;]Z$z/J߲ӧ̐#w!\cN|b_Ċ#&5-剂vi'WZ;mhvG1\jymdkpJX(.7ZW=ys;zǮU/BҲw=*4 mx#[N]A/G+e Мz0Gz]Lȝ.4TVe>hv4]K~zY|1v +ѢZV8]aT&uxDckFR^֓9۱1SJ ׆2:gW?_;i|zwWz~"J"\iN&(X 9kl4ؚ!dwV RnlY"oN*s\Q?'Mq) !';I]<4W2 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 satisfied.&nbsp; When we were in Atlanta, some guy asked me, 'Now that you've gotten 25,000 points and 10,000 rebounds, do you feel like you