JFIFC    $ &%# #"(-90(*6+"#2D26;=@@@&0FKE>J9?@=C  =)#)==================================================eK" }!1AQa"q2#BR$3br %&'()*456789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz w!1AQaq"2B #3Rbr $4%&'()*56789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz ?#U֘Vc^+F$&Gr;{Xֲb8KhU}ʎS#e)$5[z`c-z`6}UPjj5:2}Eb:Em9[*x TmFU Bg l.CŜstڰ SbиP ۏQ׹[ 3\wuօyoþlX"q?6DBݬ6\NSүkǎ=Bfхi6kฉ攱rKq[76(< 9 ='J̵7dշ*39nj P"`SvM].vVW.{޹Z7Գy^BY,3֣j u,[Xnc3c[Q'TIPIE#ֹX|9.Pp̤h;x <Ёs܀+gEj#8<֞e%ŕ\!0LWkdERwBuc充ę"?).j)J쩩_oudf**Z^c0`e8<iR]LɭZڄfim#Kv9?b6 <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 ask