ACR TRYING TO HURRY FOR CONNECTING PAXS MAKES UNSTABILIZED APCH ALMOST TOUCHING BEFORE GEAR FULLY EXTENDED.

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FLT FROM MIA TO MCO. FOURTH LEG OF THE DAY; AND WE HAD BEEN RUNNING VERY LATE ALL DAY. WE WERE CATCHING UP WITH SCHEDULE; AND BY THIS LEG WE WERE DOWN TO ONLY 25 MIN OR SO LATE. BECAUSE OF THIS; SOME PAXS WERE CONCERNED ABOUT MAKING CLOSE CONNECTIONS TO OTHER FLTS. IN AN ATTEMPT TO HELP THEM; I WENT AS FAST AS POSSIBLE. I REQUESTED RWY 36L OR R BECAUSE OF SHORTER TAXI TO THE GATE; BUT APCH ADVISED THERE WOULD BE A DELAY FOR EITHER RWY. HE SAID I COULD KEEP SPD UP FOR LNDG ON RWY 35. I DID; BUT I OVER DID IT. WITH A 10000 FT RWY; BEAUTIFUL WX AND LIGHT WINDS; I KEPT GOING TOO FAST FOR TOO LONG. AS IT TURNED OUT; WE WERE MUCH CLOSER TO THE ARPT THAN USUAL BEFORE I SLOWED ENOUGH TO GET THE GEAR OUT. THE GEAR COMES OUT SLOWLY ON MY TYPE ACFT AND WE WERE OVER THE RWY BEFORE THE GEAR GOT DOWN AND LOCKED. I HAD ACTUALLY BEGUN PUSHING THE THROTTLES UP FOR A GAR WHEN WE GOT THE GREEN LIGHTS. NEEDLESS TO SAY; THIS WAS AN EXCEPTIONALLY BAD USE OF JUDGEMENT. I COMPROMISED THE SAFETY OF MY TRIP TO TRY AND SAVE A LITTLE TIME. I WAS COMPLACENT IN WHAT I THOUGHT TO BE MY KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT MY ACFT WOULD DO. AN OLD AIRLINE CAPT FRIEND TOLD ME ONCE THAT HE BELIEVED EXPERIENCE TO BE SIMPLY 'A LONGER LIST OF THINGS YOU'LL NEVER DO AGAIN.' IF THAT'S TRUE; I JUST GOT MORE EXPERIENCED.