The first and best win is over yourself.

The source

"The first and best win is over yourself." Plato said it in Plato, Laws 626e. Translated by Benjamin Jowett, 1892.

"the first and best of victories ... which each man gains or sustains at the hands, not of another, but of himself"

Benjamin Jowett, 1892, Plato, Laws 626e.

Who said it

Plato (c. 428–348 BC). Founder of the Academy in Athens and author of the dialogues.

Questions

Who said "The first and best win is over yourself."?

Plato (c. 428–348 BC). Source: Plato, Laws 626e.

What is the original wording?

the first and best of victories ... which each man gains or sustains at the hands, not of another, but of himself (Benjamin Jowett, 1892). Translated by Benjamin Jowett, 1892.