Abhijit Banerjee
Abhijit Banerjee

I think when I say my county, it is always India.

Abraham Verghese
Abraham Verghese

I think America is really in denial about the degree to which residents, particularly foreign medical graduates, man the county hospitals of this country, and but for their services, I'm not sure how exactly we could manage.

Adrian Lewis
Adrian Lewis

My mum played darts for the county. But only in the B team.

Alan Cheuse
Alan Cheuse

Former Dublin newsman Paul Lynch made his debut as a novelist a few years ago with a book called 'Red Sky in Morning,' set in mid-19th century County Donegal, where a rage-driven farmer has committed a murder with devastating results.

Alastair Cook
Alastair Cook

No disrespect to county cricket but when you're playing for England it is the ultimate, it is what has always driven me to push myself above and beyond.

Alesha Dixon
Alesha Dixon

Before I got into music, I studied sport and used to run for my county.

Alicia Garza
Alicia Garza

I grew up in Marin County, which is a wealthy suburb of San Francisco.

Andre Leon Talley
Andre Leon Talley

The happiest moments of my childhood were spent on my grandmother's front porch in Durham, N.C., or at her sister's farmhouse in Orange County, where chickens paraded outside the kitchen's screen door and hams were cured in the smokehouse.

Andrew Strauss
Andrew Strauss

We've always got to look for opportunities for our English coaches to get more experience than just doing county coaching gigs. They need to do more than that if they're going to be viable candidates for England jobs going forward.

Andrew Strauss
Andrew Strauss

I had to stop being a student idiot and become more sensible and organised and that definitely improved my batting. I also reacted far more quickly to situations in Test cricket because I'd been a county captain. It made a huge difference.