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Do It Right — Wooden

December 1st, 2005 | In Quotes | Comments Off

If you don稚 have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?
–John Wooden
basketball coach

This is true in sports, but especially true when developing software. Ask yourself that question constantly and you’ll do a better job.

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