JFIFC    $ &%# #"(-90(*6+"#2D26;=@@@&0FKE>J9?@=C  =)#)==================================================aK" }!1AQa"q2#BR$3br %&'()*456789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz w!1AQaq"2B #3Rbr $4%&'()*56789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz ?F[=*[˧c$$94FiYnQ@S,}0zs_Il7`2"~\{x;V!n?$)S=r=#Cob\Qץ$>cY"Kdlf ax⢛: j3FI<9$>^( I}Dۏ䇔G>wvge4b́3}9W?[imce*&hi1ML[? '׭Wx [G ;>83^bH VyȦ=qI?zfvʹrUp~Sois]y?r ie:9 Z7eoAi1hBZMzn'\o ;1Ii-ăs0x֪f,*FdI>i:Vn!crIScҺ qc}Ts1KbЉq:F@_nc<'7Jֵ[P*C{4xY"tB_WW.ꬤ8wdz(e>*G'I'r 7:Gu+k _R[,Xw?r 7:>DfAt;ityewc!.r~nGm?ҴxO[ɳm8Mź:EDN7xqi7poWta+6uk6֢IW Ìg&"V_di(tkn~iU-Hjxoe':.۰E̻+7{$.'#Ϗ^kNZ ߤj#߸tCW/&Q#fGM{>`r8OTڋ7#M56us<ֶvyH6_=pzZ\3YDcx#ȥ|~S6N0T~־V>'#v΋gs)!k`ki+t!~vQH#?OZQ**]ތf֥{4[ZLFr&Zi ula֒=N9 n=rC^. f oz y/coAglt쉘O0#'fOVо.1(~U|}y3&&5-L{qrO0?7d9ȟVE iۃHn< \,kO(FsI 4OO,FyX܅fC>7$W8J\kfOhR]$e*`ĮB7@?}͌cvgCwm~c5_7=?NhHȬXJZRh4QZ?ަ(>?1{SGz(ƀu(gble gum that Karl Malone could stay above 300 pounds 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