JFIFC    $ &%# #"(-90(*6+"#2D26;=@@@&0FKE>J9?@=C  =)#)==================================================VK" }!1AQa"q2#BR$3br %&'()*456789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz w!1AQaq"2B #3Rbr $4%&'()*56789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz ?,0ܖoZ{X3A}mGE|dI$6g)7L+ ۊxGj|w!kf$NgjZ^GPİ+;W9ͨFP1]A> ֝֕pVž㯺xܺΣ)vLPKuhdPEkxL"t$oZ{+ZXY={QlzYk`ѽ0ǂxڠdzVѬl(A" .8=sTxQ*'mh-?w]$rzc>wr~nxvf 3#lŽpN~VGo|Ou$4,89'QG,pngUfR,J>ed~bb69r:l姯\WjZ[kNn'_z39xQN1:!sOX~P3Z:ψ5m7l㩮XO &#I䱭*,$#Qk9rIMDd+>VF݅WPAk],w}(TW޼9wҪsj+Mǖ?h^\HE\{Q-7E8ݰvյ&I.nI[}&485g^3U yMRaNF:Ȯ+ʹj3jeK6&JZwC# = v/$cT6\`w=vu<kiV+{=M*?SvZ.,ʒ X>B'˄^}+SRz~UjF1r7ûvs{h_jJquujUc9迕xQٰ͢٢\t(6UtaX`9?W3lrl+LW-: ,NXŠ*o\C8Wg ';Lj8Aj6O4$n}?Š+X-)J\ћE ˸yj{zWXuAnԜnOORs1#yyAQ\I?nds 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:</U> "I never look over my shoulder because I'm still not satisfied.&nbsp; When we were in Atlant