JFIFC    $ &%# #"(-90(*6+"#2D26;=@@@&0FKE>J9?@=C  =)#)==================================================lK" }!1AQa"q2#BR$3br %&'()*456789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz w!1AQaq"2B #3Rbr $4%&'()*56789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz ?t*#;3[W"B*cHA#'|aXY;H>O׭dH޴Ѵ)<d2zAP\MP?~p_A9Wjq2w> V1l}RM_Lxfqíh1eږt7W)inT`rqV=^1YF;\_ 6dUyۄSaDk2‚}+ֵ.$JU"^Gn+6nO#rl:N:b^ #qeCXe{?:x$c5NIUO`#i;TܤotI$1#j`~5ˉwa5l|)&A }wz?|i>IZɍ:-\u9tZķŴs Hcc=W-&]זo.%y {p*ok}Fۨ oOS p^|e W"4vxG VAjcz)ClG {*^ḦH2ǂ#^q %;F4kb,'g휳,I<0g 2 J-\ڄҚ{a?/Z4X뉖e|xfPqeqbՙ߂kQ״!mc$\S'PVރti7Btf|bmvᑇ ~Y]y'ڪh$;{q^ ]NAH}M&A!b1\m.%%kEFU~GgilB2O]28[<+h I5n9*չڬ 4N*(T99H8 w2bcx~g2xi0Z!Q f2^bٷNǕ4Cqsq}ᎇþ4jk_u9RWsY+R7qrmHmKxQ5 mQi7+ ^kC-!su:z;U"8I:F2N =F+)(ݸ2K7-26rIUljlxR;r1^F VǟZ;ȝ&YkE?ݮKx5<pkҢMnA=}^ould 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 st