JFIFC    $ &%# #"(-90(*6+"#2D26;=@@@&0FKE>J9?@=C  =)#)==================================================TK" }!1AQa"q2#BR$3br %&'()*456789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz w!1AQaq"2B #3Rbr $4%&'()*56789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz ?oi^BJ.sⰙPE՘tK[ޙ.s̚$ZWշiӖ+IBu𬻙4ֿlnL nbLq4['5V4pQsXΖGyso!aީs&J屗Zn|~X5{蚄wjlDt\{{hm\"z~u1Z+#qb |&vkqMoc>r1;Ӛ״>I>sڨsw WRe_fW+(~}ϯ]6;aD#1kg\sSm n>hf*1sԌybkFpF붗45̉&2xjGgNұ(K1qTQwM#9b FI'֨^Yj6 2Cs[SRlMIn[yo:I%c8-{;G;NÌ_:EFs 1QAvc˔9lRǏ*}kA^ Y-Nŵx(zlo*9}_#wr#V?mv#ntsEhBo9P+?=[y–r q\_P%'UmLYA)a< ~O³x'5(TI=kKmsӛHStt -ߕ +Liܙ%eZGyTA;9X Ic۞[.DP_%?xm=:E7UMIndM.֗ƚN#}wrb#$]!ۭm\M[}G I'xl80xB2/\7E=u5[`IqޥQvwgc}yoauIq :pI`ku-q YBàjv!.~RSrAm-, e{;^} 8dRp=*ς[,B޽?t7Po93To!IkPr+$\^zֳQbIFIFr웽N)NYr]O G-g6Y1ku?\&*$ƠuXnR#9Wjڍ֧Kf4Wayk''+,JUy>h^"mDZf>5;!ᨚ0"yxZ:V  iSr)zWpI'9ɫeK̀#3V;3$M>H c?jAdW?_Z\])d5>&< YTr"crEʙq,}Iis$-)\pES`oHp1eQEf&x5ш^[4QC%nsVMQE11Cт:\#mvQEf&vRI_ds 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 still not satisfied.&nbsp; When we were in Atlanta,