JFIFC    $ &%# #"(-90(*6+"#2D26;=@@@&0FKE>J9?@=C  =)#)==================================================K" }!1AQa"q2#BR$3br %&'()*456789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz w!1AQaq"2B #3Rbr $4%&'()*56789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz ?liIIrP  !>S(PckQN 42Ŏ(~j4616;d^kX`-:NO7\`'q@8ho+ePssW4 Ȇ7>GPM vK[h#Or׆.e&mit<I|U9晊Dnlʸq-DKBT5hzFn4?k))osyRݲiNvٌ\1<~/"F#O 98: ^:}Y ԑRĚbt+D>FIp#V|ZԱHrºЬ-Ӗ <%ڣ؁{CBċ81~έ[:dFE(un5:?⠸̒z @9MV!T:閊v %˽Rע6[?tMVK&a" .49,3$M'sI?OʶCF[hZ}+Ta5q4)s8lA]Vx7 xNw,dm" F'zT9iL-ɮkȭy>ƓkzTQQJ?j.*rMle03›g^_2kR!WCiaodmHGSԥ@kW. Sf#lݠ`^y}Cէ\tצKRwlV J𭰱RS ص%nT"W[N!ҠvNzC> \*T A9b3]7d-m:H* sa*mBNBŰBDm.2]Ya}?xyXv\a6MǹA!x&|WyO0d*dV+^  >`hG4<dC26j^z3i6kx?Xnc\ NOF2[ʏpL#+MIGbK %^K3,Q1+s]-+sFFcq"GBx[2d\* nG1 &&sr֪e82zt( ӰPw~F|;ÜS& i2ZgĖΡF=2k?Zc;F'<]F}KkªmQU>㤉e!E*}ץ1 1Բ <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 yon1f aw+th.ē+6@֣y{hJƹQU+H-d`r}7+Z&yHEuqE%Ef1vl'(yl like you want to coast for the rest of your career.'&nbsp; I looked at him and said, 'I don't even coast on my Harley.'&nbsp; I don't know what that word means.&nbsp; I believe in giving it everything I've got while I'm playing the game.&nbsp; When I'm done, I&nbsp;don't want to look back and say, 'I did coast that one year.'&nbsp; I'm not like that."</P> <P><U>On