JFIFC    $ &%# #"(-90(*6+"#2D26;=@@@&0FKE>J9?@=C  =)#)==================================================" }!1AQa"q2#BR$3br %&'()*456789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz w!1AQaq"2B #3Rbr $4%&'()*56789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz ?21҃\P R vqJU@"Ǹ+WoLԮ:~qN \vYzJp1:9q@+&pwNVL~t  cHܹ@3Rz;wRes;*R8pr?0SBޏđNP=) v #7ޔmǨ ~aҫ/͋E#E7ˌkQLXu*A8PIrk@#8?Zr0$ϰF=E< Q>{SwJ1ӌ}iP3@Îǚ\uI`;>1. ޼1Wzӏ5g- 7qчךhp{iu-yN qϧ<Fi`8jU);x198>k^A-7([Oֳu&#iDuv6&p0q۸ʋ@>/S&QG$#rv XwFB_=m`-g+Z4 Y}R -̑OsLNimmѝA8(qpjsR6Ob9U}; ?M_N#ڐ ?ȥ1RENv^(+u`B?If5a8yb2w4zӲz1^Bcs&?;+4|7!1tZKce;i5UHe@Mޡ*F}n佘d VsMu#[|G'ӈ8RCn[v0튮r.垣#}֝)POzE@ijz.mOySE ʊ\ȟaS {|} s |v;s85ER}ƥs+h᷷励UmS@AU`hx,qSxZ~[V1Leuǚ $̍*9 w cg%G۹=JrژWvHuv&zwRq̲3q+eM)Sa2AX7s^9itT(VE#̯]N8T}?$隤s :bAR S-v7$'AB(p pRDW>ԶeSU éF~B2:`h:FEB. 6՘ PI]ޘ3ӊ{uX9-$ 4LcHeᲆylPGl~&DZe$mq:">XM$YR~'$~qT/ٙÎ"{e cD ɸݳEnuC~E6|9-bIU.m2qy:t#j0+(3ŸPvyofN8=O/վ&@#yi(Mz&#K08Xs.I+6sj19#5HlQ in͑ 1R jqJEɌ $ kX6 \>Q? @ٛf<đhBg>(4%\ʱRqؐyVz~",n=(^bO9HE^ C1ҚFGj@yqH848ϵlMM;Y)@GQ汶{-Z<:qL9 qrD i~T8!Iߥ~A.'E3 <P align=left>COACH JERRY SLOAN ON KARL MALONE:</P> <P align=left>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.&nbsp; </P> <P align=left>GREG OSTERTAG-Utah Jazz Center:<BR>"Karl is a crazy man in the weight room.&nbsp; If you workout with hi and try to match him set for set, he will kill you."</P> <P align=left>KARL MALONE ON KARL MALONE:</P> <P align=left><STRONG><U>On missing only four games</U>:&nbsp; </STRONG>"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&nbsp;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 andcompete.&nbsp; In this league, you have to do that because guys come at you every night."<BR><STRONG><U>On getting his 25,000th point</U>: </STRONG>"I never look over my shoulder because I'm still not satisfied.&nbsp; When we were in Atlanta, some guy asked me.&nbsp; 'Now that you've gotten 25,000 points and 10,000 rebounds, do you feel like you want to caost for the rest of your career?'&nbsp; I looked at him and said, 'I don't even coast on my Harley.' 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 don't want to look back and say, 'I did coast that one year.'&nbsp; I'm not like that."<BR><STRONG><U>On progress:</U>&nbsp; </STRONG>"I want to improve every year, add a little more to my game.&nbsp; I don't want to be known as a player who just scored . . . I want to be remembered as a well-rounded player who played the forward spot."<BR><STRONG><U>On year-round lifting</U>:</STRONG> "Sometimes people think you can just show up when training camp starts and start working out and conditioning in the weight room.&nbsp; I've always said my workouts in the summer are harder than any practice I've ever had and I try to prepare myself for that.&nbsp; I'm afraid not to do what I do now because it's been working for so many years.<BR>"In the summertime, I do take time to do things I like to do . . . I have a wife and thre kids, I ride Harleys.&nbsp; I like to go fishing and hunting but I also work out on my own because I think it allows me to be a step ahead of those other guys who don't work out as much."<BR><STRONG><U>On, if he were a high school basketball coach would he have his players weight train</U>:</STRONG> "Do fish swim?&nbsp; Of course I would.&nbsp; And, I tell you this . . . If they wouldn't lift, they wouldn't play for Karl Malone."<BR><STRONG><U>On his team