Introduction

Josh Porter: Why be at church? What do you do once you're here? How will the whole thing hold up over time? All of that depends on you. In Creed, Adonis Creed abandons his promising career trajectory in a kind of a white-collar office world. And he gives up everything and travels alone to Philadelphia. He uses what little money he had scrapped together to rent an old, tiny apartment. Then he immediately seeks out Rocky Balboa, the former heavyweight champion of World War II who tells him how painful it's going to be if he pursues this goal.