Economic Affairs Minister Azmin Ali has claimed that his statement on the nation needing leaders who are willing to fight till the end instead of "crybabies" was aimed at himself.

This was on the speculation that the PKR deputy president's Twitter posting was in response to Nurul Izzah Anwar's interview with the Singapore's Straits Times, in which she had complained about the slow pace of reforms.

"No... I was giving myself advice," Azmin told reporters while visiting a temporary relief shelter for flood and storm victims in Gombak, Selangor.