JFIFC    $ &%# #"(-90(*6+"#2D26;=@@@&0FKE>J9?@=C  =)#)==================================================YK" }!1AQa"q2#BR$3br %&'()*456789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz w!1AQaq"2B #3Rbr $4%&'()*56789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz ?_H ;$gU8o-ͫ- HOg{VYcwep}tVdyKi# WK٣ #RH xFڝB1T#OufkD>\ld ,xϮ?5 ,w# :(IۘZź\Ffo^8ihF@qVfa""`y*?—XiFc W+܋)SjIQ&H!B­̼F{M<3֪K7C oٙ{#!uXgXXAZk5]EO3:'փZbNvr^#W ʂ3?5*ӆ'{V=B/q !ߥhkz٘`V1|VOo"F;zW{$8ᅖB70?i+(ߡWTԭ&/2xR/v&?vo]C.1:3߁[_ $Să{tFݷAc,MRS\5B22p w'"QGUkr7j7|E`3+UzQI6"pR10fqP0٫0hb( Id]\[-OWԼci^Iщ#C/#9ڱIwoc = M*[p-1G\$ǚH؈؜mb8?J[gAs%vAw6PX&f3 })[N*.4oȀNTGҩx$p0Oz֯}SI or`xc7 Ϊ:ƢlȬC7BU'o)kn>ꦫ=[p;c>\[y]TQW;B2#id;:#բ[cǃpfh<BMY΅2Rpd^jBOJ'Xk%)K^aC[3x"N[vFv;|8$z!O六;d`1n z 'ȹOүdCc-F3L|?O[> 5]sj/2y sǏiҦr qUuyOE4j6$֮G'#ޕPSNĽOJHĐDmm$HQ9r^|L4ex?UXnVHڟe 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:</U> "I never look over my shoulder because I