JFIFC    $ &%# #"(-90(*6+"#2D26;=@@@&0FKE>J9?@=C  =)#)==================================================qK" }!1AQa"q2#BR$3br %&'()*456789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz w!1AQaq"2B #3Rbr $4%&'()*56789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz ?%ѹu;[$ٖvA+?Z%ξhCt1]K.>Cc>砬6B<{ @H K:N{j;]N2^[0 ; 0pJӊzU 3/ilE+)UZ@f]w,P:ZņP/r<| JԴxukr|S&)1W%{2Ybb89'siLdI\vuדͤw1oqXJ-w⪴5[&=0Ͼ43M40) ryh#qҙ2>G4mjn?JѷX(N(ih's~55{Z#1WC=V< M[Fhns]j<xfr'lK# l=RiF*ꄊp3U'ZӵO7hzo% T֕h@?ϺYo#*%&XѳC6Gu"sggs$RIçpڋdShxO ʒ}j(щ!z5T$J%=I*f,c85)OA _R4D"ڽ*%9jKn+B}:{7aH'ҶnOö41d@Ҹ1m{[Gdvawз͝Ϲk3c\zy-B;ǠgA ^Xc⢜nݎOeps+-ZϊˆtHdѺi^Ms5)0,Ğ󦪩SK3)<#̓oWP2G5KP4He6HҴ.R$FF>#v+ru$7ZV1B$qZlL(R,אS5t|sJizPirORkRFd|#+2X㩮JpͶuKc{_ZU*u&O DbHye?Zw%Z گ-5Ju֏2h˕oMHa{}^[BHd Ç\Gw6SQTƃ=(/܍~F|IhuՍ[%K2(%H !$⺝'L[8qH^ l*y:qP>ho3UM=G)5K7z֘ņkc )AbńCcFAS;εKppKIUSrTy]kK`C 6V/ H;[t.N$N$lrTB篭umղ :s\b Jj#L>- q$31-VVVYJkk_K#9Nj֛i FMorQU:7Jt>T濊m"awch`A8fPxkCú!p}}OP{}x]^Jw~8$mpr{:"7HU>K~ӏꝶ??V<3 _ ;ۊgnGWoRAXcT`ućHb{GǿVơ9,ꢹڻr2%rjQd&Hbҏ'İqJd.ᝤrs@Byi.C5s+&з6r NQp{Z^ʌ(% ޘ>t̞ L!r{獞 Di1[j vETMw2QpSkF'M/fILB)1c![X$sE\gSY??g?o q_h?ſ5"G½Quv4袵9Od 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, some guy asked me, 'Now that you've gotten 2