Participating in the Winter Olympics is what counts for Tongas flag bearer Pita Taufatofua .

The 34-year-old cross-country skier set himself an amusingly low bar for success during a press conference in Pyeongchang , South Korea, on Wednesday.

The first step, finish before they turn the lights off; thats number one, the underdog athlete joked in a video that the Agence France-Presse shared online, above.

Dont ski into a tree, thats number two, added Taufatofua , who captured the worlds attention during Fridays opening ceremony, where he wore a traditional Tongan taovala waist mat as he marched with his countrys flag. He did the same at the Rio 2016 Summer Olympic games, where he competed in the taekwondo event and was knocked out in his first bout.