Quotes about JJ from his daughter Niki

About hearing a radio report that her Dad was dead, Niki Jones said:
"I was pretty hysterical at that point." (Las Vegas Sun)

LV Sun Note: "Like everything else about our 50th state, the rules about coming and going in high school are pretty laid back. That would explain why Niki Jones, a senior at Punahou High School, was driving down Kapiolani Boulevard, most likely with a warm breeze blowing in her hair and not a care in the world, when the man came on the radio and said her dad was dead.

Niki Jones was on her way to put gas in her car at 10:30 on that particular February morning in paradise. When she heard the man on the radio say that her dad, revered Hawaii football coach June Jones, had been killed in an automobile accident earlier that morning, she stopped her car on the side of the road.

Hawaii wasn't paradise anymore. It was a living hell."

LVS Note: "Niki Jones, still disbelieving, called her mom, who said the man on the radio had been wrong. Yes, her dad had suffered terrible injuries when he inexplicably drove off the freeway near the Honolulu airport and into a concrete pillar. No, he wasn't dead, although that was what the paramedic had told dispatch when he radioed in. "


Asked if there was something about her Dad that doesn't show up in the media guide, Niki said:
"He's very stubborn." (LVS)


About his accident and why he is still alive, JJ said during his recovery:
"The only thing I can think of is that I fell asleep. The good Lord just didn't have my number at the time because there's no physical reason I should be here." (LV Sun)

LVS Note: "Although her dad doesn't recall anything about the accident, Niki Jones sure does. She will tell you that a warm breeze blowing through your hair is nice, but it's not as nice as calling your mom and learning that the man on the radio was wrong."