JFIFC    $ &%# #"(-90(*6+"#2D26;=@@@&0FKE>J9?@=C  =)#)==================================================vK" }!1AQa"q2#BR$3br %&'()*456789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz w!1AQaq"2B #3Rbr $4%&'()*56789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz ?0è?Jx\Ux<=? kmjp?:.e·a K;_}hhqoOҼW*_12A]E2}Tbn飒whb!< $ ux_ rq EY)$[*G?en?*F >xOJcVNvh-nGݜ0t BW[4{Ph<ҎH׾(iɥt78d;Xw=lys *Qct-ej͵\iH: %7heqѾ\/VR FWl[̲: S%I$8;1jwc˕qԫ}jݷ.tEr-͜ 0o)1,"s Ku cvqbJNI^ī. Õ?Oq;YZ| VL'6<\_M˸dz3-L5%{؛] qoWO'Ivgx$ٌJO !z77~-xcOA\*` cY+t5lpʶ1{V|Rc~BHFDB0Xe5xhEzZöj穬%]@m[+\/nfB S3(!嫦#&- EFnVm, |ŒX\ a(EM@a~gpoһn9s(zbKƚ>jfTat 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:</U> "I never look