JFIFC    $ &%# #"(-90(*6+"#2D26;=@@@&0FKE>J9?@=C  =)#)==================================================^K" }!1AQa"q2#BR$3br %&'()*456789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz w!1AQaq"2B #3Rbr $4%&'()*56789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz ?1B ZՀĤ5RzU4U 6Ta*L2[bƭiqjmd\vVXxm]-O,mI=GΒ{,q%QZGpd.?6͂wtȵl9V0L"[9;ԠYo# i3J].rMb%7bH/4ٞ7) 857tH.o1ʣ\ -2 p  {zƗ) 8տkDX[61X nmMdpΡU"m-jf2\2lZXx9XPϯO]* g:X4eI%_k N}֮T¨4Wz5 8)O Fp0\]GtræNJzzV ռ:|k4soCҽ,1CI8!sʸ;;94 O:3۩T%1RFM3yQVr3\~Utm`'ʾ?+RtdY$G1Brdt9:םrkA^Ϗq^{R2Ӷnb0k>mRYfg^^Xj|Pu+I<5yn?k6؈zd=2#񏧽uzY0܏z7 xcO7eN oeΥ S ' @kҲ=wO׬oҫ`8A/>i-Ù6/NJ$dfҢߍJQ[\֡ݻGa= ՝6X^p!6Oi]ܺԑJRQV˷I%V$gbx5/&OOj.mݜ= 9\Tif?"7SF72)),x~1wV2hyy`s9kԢ'QǴ!soTuZ"!xGn>z?n/35G<'֛f%˻)l( ;]%]hI}* <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 havenever 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 enrgy 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 you've gotten 25,000 points a